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<p>[QUOTE="thejewk, post: 3660638, member: 100136"]I find it very curious to see these fourree and 'limes' coins, and the differences between them. Even looking at different fourree coins that are available and almost fully plated shows a fairly large difference in detail.</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Collector's Plautilla looks to me like a very worn and circulated AE coin, or possibly a cast AE coin that has had a lot of circulation. Does this mean that it circulated as an AE coin, or is there some sort of chemical process through which the coin completely lost its silvery coating while underground, and it was manufactured at the time to look like a well worn denarius?</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse on Zumbly's Marcus fourree looks like a coin worn by circulation to my inexpert eyes, rather than the result of simply an old die.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is the distinction that is made between limes and fourree a result of different processes of adding a silver layer, and what we call limes are actually the result of a plating style that simply doesn't survive the burying process?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="thejewk, post: 3660638, member: 100136"]I find it very curious to see these fourree and 'limes' coins, and the differences between them. Even looking at different fourree coins that are available and almost fully plated shows a fairly large difference in detail. Roman Collector's Plautilla looks to me like a very worn and circulated AE coin, or possibly a cast AE coin that has had a lot of circulation. Does this mean that it circulated as an AE coin, or is there some sort of chemical process through which the coin completely lost its silvery coating while underground, and it was manufactured at the time to look like a well worn denarius? The reverse on Zumbly's Marcus fourree looks like a coin worn by circulation to my inexpert eyes, rather than the result of simply an old die. Is the distinction that is made between limes and fourree a result of different processes of adding a silver layer, and what we call limes are actually the result of a plating style that simply doesn't survive the burying process?[/QUOTE]
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