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louisvillekyshop CCF Advertiser United States 1303 Posts	Posted 05/11/2023 8:47 pm 17 mm, 1.27 grams. Found in a collectors estate. No idea actually. I am not going to say siliqua, I just post it here and see what you folks think. Report this Post to the Staff

Victor Pillar of the Community United States 900 Posts	Posted 05/11/2023 9:04 pm It's a bronze GLORIA EXERCITVS that has been over cleaned. Report this Post to the Staff
louisvillekyshop CCF Advertiser United States 1303 Posts	Posted 05/11/2023 9:11 pm Victor: I understand. Can you look at this color comparison? That is what is confusing me. Overcleaned but to this color seems odd to me. I see bronze under it, but a very thin coin with a thin silver plate is what it looked like to me. But why, if that is so? Edited by louisvillekyshop 05/11/2023 9:18 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Victor Pillar of the Community United States 900 Posts	Posted 05/11/2023 10:53 pm it might be something like Jax Silver Plating Solution Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16805 Posts	Posted 05/11/2023 11:34 pm The other option is that it's a cast replica, made of pewter or something else other than bronze or brass. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Ynnad Pillar of the Community United States 682 Posts	Posted 05/12/2023 07:52 am In the first half of a second of seeing the image my brain perceived it as cast. But I don't really have anything to back that up. Report this Post to the Staff
Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 05/12/2023 08:58 am There is a huge casting sprue. It can be difficult sometimes to distinguish between a cast coin and a cast flan. Edited by Kushanshah 05/12/2023 08:59 am Report this Post to the Staff
louisvillekyshop CCF Advertiser United States 1303 Posts	Posted 05/12/2023 10:31 am Kushanshah; OK so the bronze one sees in front or the bust to the right for example means this is an extremely thin cast copper coin that was plated silver chemically perhaps as Victor mentions could create such a thing? Edited by louisvillekyshop 05/12/2023 10:31 am Report this Post to the Staff
travelcoin Pillar of the Community United States 1120 Posts	Posted 05/16/2023 1:19 pm Well, my first guess was over cleaning and silver paint, but I never knew about the JAX silver plating solution. Only way to tell, is to soak it in paint remover. Not sure that it is cast though. I would keep it in the lot and mention that it is not silver and could be plated with paint. Not sure on what to even say on that one. Feels good to be posting again. Report this Post to the Staff
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