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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;7Calbrey, post: 3095554, member: 38412&quot;]You could all be right. The fact is that Wildwinds have shown 3 examples of Aurelian which were struck in Rome, listed and described as &quot;Tinned&quot;. I think that tin as a metal might protect copper more than silver ( though I&#039;m not a metallurgist). Besides it&#039;s cheaper than silver. Remember how the Romans resorted to billon instead of solid heavily-based silver. Why should we think it impossible for an ancient Roman coin to have been tinned? I mean isn&#039;t it worth trying to analyse or melt the coin to find out? In my humble and curious opinion, I could offer my coin to the Lab.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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