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>>56766363
>interesting. thought there was way to much non silver coloration

I had meant to reply to this instead of anon talking about APMEX:
>>56763408
>by the green tarnish on the right, id guess its copper impurities showing through

I'm a bit perplexed by the green, I bet it's just corrosion that adhered from other coins or copper alloy items it was buried next to, but if not that then maybe the forger used a layer of copper in-between the iron and silver to help prevent delamination? I'm no master of metallurgy though so mebbe that's BS.

>>56763131
>>56763169
>it never crossed my mind for the longest time simply because i thought it wasn't accessible to the average Joe.

I've commented on this before, it's an important factor which I believe makes ancient coins a great long-term investment. Most people still assume ancient coins and artifacts are super rare and only to be found in museums, but thanks to the internet peoples' exposure to the fact that they're actually pretty cheap and accessible has given the ancient end of the numismatic world a lot of genuine momentum. The past 30 years of the internet era have been great for educating and exposing new people, and I believe the momentum and growth will continue on this trajectory so in another 20-30 years there may well be millions more people than at present who are interested and actively seeking at least a few pieces to help them connect with history. When I was in 1st grade my dad took me to the Baltimore MD coin show and I bought 2 ancient Greek bronzes from a dealer who had a bowl full of them languishing on the corner of his table for $1 each. I almost immediately lost one at my school lol, but still have the other one (from Sidon, in pic). Now you'd be lucky to find the same bowl of identifiable ancient Greek coins for $10 each, but the demand wasn't sufficient 30 years ago for them to move quickly even at just $1. I bet they'll appreciate faster than inflation over the next 30 years too.

Happy find today bros, finally came across a little pile of coins that I had inadvertently hidden from myself for a decade. Some silver and a nice Buffalo I had metal detected and pulled from circulation, and most importantly my very first ancient coin that I bought for $1 from a bulk bin of random ancients at a coin show when I was 6. Really brings back memories, and I know enough Greek now to actually identify it, the coin was always a mystery to me before. It's a chalkon (1/48th of a drachm) from the city of Sidon.