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Any Help On This Old Silver Coin?

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Can any Help me on this Coin?

The silver coin has a diameter of about 3.2 cm. Weight about 16.4 grams

Thanks,
Goldcoin



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 Posted 04/01/2012  12:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DVCollector to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
What are the odds of two Bactrian coins posted this morning?
This one also resembles a tetradrachm of Bactria; compare to the coin below.
These are valuable coins, and copies are numerous--it would require an expert appraisal.

EUCRATIDES I KING OF BACTRIA.170-145 BC.Silver tetradrachm 16,45 g.
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im no collect this coins.
Have buy one lot coins at the flea market and was there.
What is something worth?
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The genuine coins are quite valuable, the one pictured is selling for € 2,200
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Here's another I thought was close.

Whether OP coin is authentic I don't know. A better photo would help.

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It looks a bit doubtful and if you got it at a flea market even more doubtful.

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worth only the silver Value?
Then I'm let it melt
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Then I'm let it melt


wow => that's a pretty harsh verdict for a potentially "suspect" coin, no?

=> here is a theatrical rendition of the previous interaction (hey note, we are "not" professionals) ...

"I have a a child here that cannot walk, but he may be one of the King's children?"

"Can he dance and prove himself a son?"

"Eh, not really ... he lurks and jerks around, but he seems to have no real rhythm?!"

"off with his head!""

** side-note => there may be a dude here that wants to save this coin?
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If the coin is genuine, melting it for silver content would be a crime against history. Not to mention as wasteful as using bundles of US $100 notes to start a fire.

However, if the coin is a fake, it almost certainly isn't going to be made of silver.

So either way, you shouldn't melt it.

Personally, I think the latter statement is more likely to apply. But we'd really need better pics to verify it.
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