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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 2557341, member: 15445&quot;]#1</p><p>Yes they weigh close to the same weight.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have the weight of ancientnoob&#039;s coin but the weight is one of the diagnostics used to determine authenticity.</p><p><br /></p><p>#2</p><p>There are some really cool tales involving Roman planchets.&nbsp; One great tale has to do with how the Romans learned to treat the planchets before striking them into coins.&nbsp; One treatment depleted the copper on the outer planchet leaving an outter shell on the planchet that was more near to pure silver.&nbsp; Coins struck on these planchets had the proper weight &amp; they looked to be 100% silver (on the outside) but the fundamental planchet core included a fair amount of copper.&nbsp; This trickery allowed the ruler of the day to make some serious profit.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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