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<p>[QUOTE="Multatuli, post: 3155600, member: 89266"]Thank you, [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER]. I don't think I have enough technical knowledge to write numismatic articles for renowned journals. I'm just an amateur numismatist, that love classical numismatics.</p><p>However, I do believe that some dies have actually been opened by celators and moneyers, just for making fourrées. Perhaps for this reason there are fourrées practically perfect and with a stylistic pattern of leaving many good official coins diminished. I have a Gens Minucia denarius that I only know is a fourrée due to a small break in the edge of the flan, seen under the microscope. In some cases, with a perfect coin, considering the stilistic point of view, I don't think that vulgar counterfeiters could get that capability without actually being trained, or having worked on some Mint. Of course, not considering the usual types, easily identifiable by us. I also don't know if a better reinforcement in the die was needed to ensure a better adhesion of the silver blade to the copper core. And as I wrote before, I believe in the possibility of the Roman State itself producing fourrées. Imagine the silver gain, and consequently the financial income for the Roman Treasury...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Multatuli, post: 3155600, member: 89266"]Thank you, [USER=44316]@Valentinian[/USER]. I don't think I have enough technical knowledge to write numismatic articles for renowned journals. I'm just an amateur numismatist, that love classical numismatics. However, I do believe that some dies have actually been opened by celators and moneyers, just for making fourrées. Perhaps for this reason there are fourrées practically perfect and with a stylistic pattern of leaving many good official coins diminished. I have a Gens Minucia denarius that I only know is a fourrée due to a small break in the edge of the flan, seen under the microscope. In some cases, with a perfect coin, considering the stilistic point of view, I don't think that vulgar counterfeiters could get that capability without actually being trained, or having worked on some Mint. Of course, not considering the usual types, easily identifiable by us. I also don't know if a better reinforcement in the die was needed to ensure a better adhesion of the silver blade to the copper core. And as I wrote before, I believe in the possibility of the Roman State itself producing fourrées. Imagine the silver gain, and consequently the financial income for the Roman Treasury...[/QUOTE]
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