yeah i figured that out thanks. i got suspicious when i say the grey tone instead of the silver tone. thanks for pointing it out though
Seeing these reminds me of similar rupees that I had received, but in aluminum. Were they "counterfiets"? Were they minted using original dies?A friend of mine who traded them to me honestly thought that they were historic and expensive efforts to mint coins in aluminum, a more costly procedure than gold?, in the 19th century. I think I gave him a dollar a piece for them but felt uncomfortable doing so. What if they had numismatic value? Richie
if you were to sell them as souveneirs you would ge tthe dollar back no worries. If they are mad eof AL3 they are forgeries
Perhaps they were made as souveniers. Isn't there a difference between "bull****" and "fraud"? Aluminum coins can never even superficially pass as silver by weight or color. So why go through the trouble of making a decent 1840 aluminum coin? Not to intentionally decieve I think. "Counterfeit" seems too harsh a word for it. ] richie
The left one sure has a Mona Lisa smile Check the sheriffs’ of character I in IIII. I have never seen a circular sheriffs’ like this on a William IIIIth rupee before. The hairs, eyes and nose are so different that it can't be a genuine coin. Now why this was produced in Aluminum, I can't tell for sure. But there are known OMS strikes (or restrikes) for almost every British Indian coin (specially 1835 and later coins) and there is high collector demand for these OMS in local market. So, may be this is an experimental piece from a recent manufacturer... Who knows! Regards, Ballabh Garg
One of the problems with pics is that you can not allways tell, I thought that the 1st coin had been cleaned and as I dont mind coins in that condition the thought that it might be counterfiet never crossed my mind. I have to say I would love to have a couple made from Aluminium in my collection just as a talking point, the same goes for fakes if they are contempory.
