OK, I'm going to get contentious and put forward a new
type of coin that I would stop.
Bending the rules slightly I agree, but I would stop
fourrees.
Yeah, yeah, I know that that might have proved difficult given that they may have been produced by counterfeiters, but that is exactly why I would want to stop them. No one knows for sure if they are officially produced, unofficially produced,
fakes etc etc.Â
Given that there is such discussion over why exactly they were produced, and little of it productive in so far as there are no accepted conclusions, then I can't see that these coins do teach us much about the past. (
Feel free to correct me on this one )
Also, it's amazing how much, even though silver isn't that expensive, your heart sinks when you realise that the nice
denarius you have just bought/found, is actually silver over a copper core. And you don't know if they were produced officially or by some sly little faker in a back cave somewhereÂ