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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 2574836, member: 76086&quot;]A complicated question and one that few will agree on, but &#039;billon&#039; is simply a base metal alloy with a low quantity of silver.&nbsp; In many instances such coins can look like solid silver in their basic appearance and others copper.&nbsp; So, yes, you can call it billon, but also I suppose silver.&nbsp; When I get a coin which looks &#039;silver&#039;, I call it that.&nbsp; If it looks base metal, I call it &#039;AE&#039;.&nbsp; Both are correct to a degree.&nbsp; One can also say &#039;potin&#039;.&nbsp; Terminology is frequently open to interpretation as is such topics as pronunciation.&nbsp; I say use what you like, it wont change the coin nor the reference number!</p><p><br /></p><p>Someone recently posted a link to a nice video on this topic.&nbsp; Cant find it at the moment, its after midnight, I should be in bed![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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