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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gray Ghost 96, post: 3421596, member: 102296&quot;]The Greek coin is almost exactly the diameter of a modern dime with a penny&#039;s thickness. That&#039;s the best I can offer as I don&#039;t have a ruler handy.</p><p><br /></p><p>I feel the same about the &quot;soapy&quot; one but I don&#039;t know why. I&#039;m not an expert by any stretch but I&#039;m sure fakes have been sold for decades all over Europe to unsuspecting tourists. The guy who gave these to me was stationed over there in the 70s so I&#039;m assuming that&#039;s where he got them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I actually have a 3rd one as well. I didn&#039;t post it originally because it is so worn. I just added a photo of it. Given the wear, I sense this one might be more authentic than the other Byzantine one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Two more questions:</p><p>1) If they&#039;re real, are these things valuable? I&#039;m assuming not given how many coins must be out there. Asking because a) I plan to give them to my 7 year old daughter if they are just curiosities and b) if they are valuable (which I doubt) I&#039;ll put them in our safe and add them to my homeowners.</p><p>2) Is it a major faux pas to clean the one I&#039;ve just posted that is so heavily oxidized? If these aren&#039;t valuable, I&#039;m inclined to do so just to see if I can get a better view of the head side of the coin. These have piqued my interest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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