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Moderator
 United States
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 to the Community! |
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New Member
 United Kingdom
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Thank you very much everyone. I really do appreciate your warm welcome :) Will do my best to participate in discussions and share things I know :)
Loruca,
Thank you for your honest opinion and I really do respect your effort to explain your point of view but I am confident with my coins. P.S. I am not really good photographer ;)
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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They look quite OK to me.
One way to test them is to take them to a commercial scrap gold buyer.
They should have a hand held XRF (X-Ray Florescence) instrument.
Look for trace elements in the analysis.
If modern, it is most probably a discreet alloy, such as sterling silver - 92.5% silver and 7.5% copper, or perhaps .900 silver 90% - silver, 10%copper. There should be no other elements in the alloy.
The ancients could not refine out a lot of the trace elements, when they attempted to refine silver, so there should be a range of trace elements, which, together, may add up to 5% of the total alloy content. 1% to 3% total would be normal.
Look for the trace element distribution in the XRF analysis.
Edited by sel_69l
10/22/2018 5:12 pm
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New Member
United Kingdom
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Hello everyone. Hope everyone is doing fine :) Recently coins came back from NGC:    |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I know little about these, but they're just cool as can be. Congrats!
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Moderator
United States
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Very nice!  |
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New Member
United Kingdom
37 Posts |
Thank you :)
Now I am hoping one day own a Lydian trite of Sadyattes or Alyattes. Amazing coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
616 Posts |
What I like about these coins is their heft. They just feel great in hand.  |
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Moderator
United States
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What I like about these coins is their heft. They just feel great in hand. Impressive! |
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New Member
United Kingdom
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jskirwin, yes, they are truly remarkable coins. Love the test cut. I think, I need to look for one too. Thank you for sharing.
Jbuck, I think someone needs to add a coin into his collection ;)
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United States
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I enjoy looking at them, but ancients are further down on my list.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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for me the coins are not fake at the first look.They are minted 440/420 BC, Flament Group II, albert
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Pillar of the Community
 Spain
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@Kortez....It has been a while....Nice result! Congrats. 3rd coin is still my favourite!..  |
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New Member
United Kingdom
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Hello Palouche Nice to see you too :) Hope you are doing well. Thank you :) Well, it was really rough time for me. Too much changes in life but now everything is getting normal :) Great news. Yesterday won tetradrachm. Hopefully, soon will receive it: SYRIA, Laodikeia ad Mare, Tetradrachm, yr 23 [59-8]  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's outstanding. Congrats.
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