https://indiacoinsmarks.wordpress.com/tag/fake-tipu-sultan-coins/ I know nothing about modern Indian coins but found the above interesting.
I certainly would take up your friend's offer on having the coin expertised. My gut reaction is that it is fake based on some slurring of details...
I believe you will find there have been advances in faking modern coins that makes that less certain than it once was. Of course I don't know...
Only a little over double estimate now. I predict more unless the sand patina scares off people with money. Not all that long ago we had a...
Insider: No, not all of these are this thick. Some are thicker; some thinner. Looking at the ones on coin archives, you can find some in the...
This is the whole purpose of this post. Most of you spend more than I do on coins. I suggest that you accompany this with thinking more. I am...
What color is your background paper? If you set the camera to auto everything it will try to make everything neutral. If your background is...
Another coin opportunity for Olympic watchers would be 'Agonistic' types: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/agon.html These show prize...
No! I'd really rather those of you who are not interested in coins don't waste their time reading my posts. If all you want to know about your...
We spend a lot of time on CT discussing coins someone sends in for us to tell them whether it is real or not. In many cases we can say with...
There was a countermark removed on the AE35 Septimius/Domna of Stratonicea. There is no way of proving that the mark removed was damnatio or that...
A question: Of all the Roman emperors/family/usurpers, how many have at least one type that is unique to them? A related question is what...
I typed an explanation of the above but the software refused it because I was not logged in. In short: Great coin; great thread; all I can add...
Messalina [ATTACH] Julia Domna [ATTACH] Salonina [ATTACH] Severina [ATTACH]
Mules are incorrect combinations of genuine dies. None of these are official. Are they ancient? I am in no position to say one way or the other.
I'm not sure why you feel the need to trash Treb's kid. Many emperors got there by being daddy's darling. Who has a Volusian as Caesar? I...
Some Aurelian coins opted for broad shoulders instead. [ATTACH]
The problem with that in my view is the way it places two coins of the same city issued the same year in different categories because one had Nero...
There will never be neat lines drawn that work for every case. I keep my Pseudo -autonomous coins at the end of Roman Provincials even though...
Of us all YOC could expertise the Galerius simply by cleaning it. If he applied his usual techniques to a fake with modern fake crud on the...
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