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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hotwheelsearl, post: 4248952, member: 75143&quot;]Most people prefer to purchase undamaged coins, whether that damaged happened in antiquity or more recently. It&#039;s just generally a bad look.</p><p><br /></p><p>But sometimes damage tells a story, and is actually pretty interesting. In my case, we have a Constantine I Silvered Follis with an ancient crack in the planchet that is actually quite revealing.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a silver washed coin, this was nowhere near pure silver; in fact it was mostly <i>not</i> silver. Think of those .100 Mexican pesos from the mid-60s (they were basically copper coins with a silver wash - remind you of anything from the ancient world?)</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin looks pretty decent for a washed coin. The silver wash is very intact and it looks pretty good. However, there is a small bit of corrosion peeking out from the crack, which betrays the coin as having a significant amount of non-silver metal, probably copper.</p><p><br /></p><p>Constantine I Silvered Follis. 325-326 AD (RIC 34)</p><p>OBV: CONSTANTINVS AVG. Laureate head right.</p><p>REV: PROVIDENTIAE AVGG. Campgate with two turrets. SMKB mintmark.</p><p>Cost: $15.22</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1084350[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Post your damaged coins</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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