Here's a 1 cent (1896) and a half cent (1891) from British North Borneo. The cent is one of my all time favourite coin types and probably the...
Here's a fairly well circulated 1 cent coin issued by the British East India Company in 1810 for use in Penang, in current day Malasia. It's...
Here's a small silver coin called a Katun from the Sultanate of Johore in current day Malasia, and datable to the early 1600's ad under Malik Al...
Here's a coin called a Pitis from the Sultanate of Acheh in Sumatra, part of current day Indonesia datable to around the early 1700's ad. Minted...
Mostly all of the contemporary counterfeits of 1600-1900 coinages I have encountered (including this one) have been struck examples, not cast....
Here's a contemporary fake of a Friedrich Wilhelm II Prussian Thaler dated 1795, and which probably saw active service during Napoleonic years....
All the US third party graders i've seen are pretty much `see are ae pee' when it comes to grading what you guys refer to as `furrin' coins. The...
Many thanks for this wonderful insight you have provided. It's great to have your linguistic talents (as well as your numismatic ones) available...
Just as well the reverses are different eh?
Aidan, you are correct but bear in mind that you are commenting on a fake which has long since reached the end of its `active' existence. While...
Many thanks to all for the history and translation of that Akbar token. It has had me puzzled for years! :) If it was contemporaneous with the...
Thanks. It may well be stretching it to call that fake `contemprary' . To be honest, i'm not 100% sure either way. However, it wasn't made...
Here's a real and a fake Napoleonic 20 reales from Spain. The first is the real one. it's darkly toned and difficult to scan. However there's...
I'd be delighted for you if the coin turns out to be genuine. I'd also be interested to see the data / links you obtained via google. Can you...
Here's a couple of struck examples of the pillar dollars. Both examples were struck in copper and given a silver coating, which as you can see has...
Thanks. :hug:
Great. What did your google research tell you then?
Thanks for that. I had understood that this one of mine was from the mid - late 1700's. I think I paid about £5 for it a few years back from a...
What was the result of checking out the edge of the coin (preferably with a magnifying glass)? Any sign of a seam?
That little one of mine is 22 mm x 22mm, roughly the same size as a rupee of that time frame, and (roughly) the same amount of silver. I'm pretty...
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