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<p>[QUOTE="TuckHard, post: 3449108, member: 102653"]Hi everyone! I recently purchased these coins online from a seller who I have worked with before. All the coins I've bought before have passed every counterfeit test I've done and he gives me no reason to doubt the authenticity. That being said, these coins that I purchased have got me stumped and I'm leaning towards thinking they are a modern fantasy issue? The only suspicious thing to me is the fact that I cannot find <i>any</i> references to coins such as this. The seller said that they were from the Srivijaya Empire and estimated from 9-12th Centuries. The only coins I can find issued anywhere in Indonesia during this time frame are gold and silver masa which are distinctly different. The only thing close to this I found were several tin coins attributed to the Srivijaya that were listed on NumisBids here (<a href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=sale&sid=1515&cid=&pg=7&so=1&search=l" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=sale&sid=1515&cid=&pg=7&so=1&search=l" rel="nofollow">https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=sale&sid=1515&cid=&pg=7&so=1&search=l</a>). These listed coins all weigh in at over 1.8g while my tiny coins weigh far less.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 1: Obverse with beast (deer?) facing right, Reverse shows 8-sided starburst design. Weighs to 0.51 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 2: Obverse with fish or turtle, Reverse shows 5-sided starburst pattern. Weighs to 0.48 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin 3: Obverse shows three subsequent circles towards middle, Reverse shows 5 dots arranged in a plus sign. Weighs to 0.24 g.</p><p><br /></p><p>I find it interesting that Coin 3 with the 5 dots is nearly exactly the weight of the other two? Perhaps it was valued at half the denomination of Coin 1 & 2. The only other leads I found were several past listings by eBay seller tin-coin-trader who had several coins that look incredibly similar, down to the starburst pattern, but still no direct match. I'm leaning towards believing this is an unpublished coin series but I would love to have other inputs and opinions.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]916043[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916044[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916045[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916046[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916047[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916048[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916049[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916050[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TuckHard, post: 3449108, member: 102653"]Hi everyone! I recently purchased these coins online from a seller who I have worked with before. All the coins I've bought before have passed every counterfeit test I've done and he gives me no reason to doubt the authenticity. That being said, these coins that I purchased have got me stumped and I'm leaning towards thinking they are a modern fantasy issue? The only suspicious thing to me is the fact that I cannot find [I]any[/I] references to coins such as this. The seller said that they were from the Srivijaya Empire and estimated from 9-12th Centuries. The only coins I can find issued anywhere in Indonesia during this time frame are gold and silver masa which are distinctly different. The only thing close to this I found were several tin coins attributed to the Srivijaya that were listed on NumisBids here ([url]https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=sale&sid=1515&cid=&pg=7&so=1&search=l[/url]). These listed coins all weigh in at over 1.8g while my tiny coins weigh far less. Coin 1: Obverse with beast (deer?) facing right, Reverse shows 8-sided starburst design. Weighs to 0.51 g. Coin 2: Obverse with fish or turtle, Reverse shows 5-sided starburst pattern. Weighs to 0.48 g. Coin 3: Obverse shows three subsequent circles towards middle, Reverse shows 5 dots arranged in a plus sign. Weighs to 0.24 g. I find it interesting that Coin 3 with the 5 dots is nearly exactly the weight of the other two? Perhaps it was valued at half the denomination of Coin 1 & 2. The only other leads I found were several past listings by eBay seller tin-coin-trader who had several coins that look incredibly similar, down to the starburst pattern, but still no direct match. I'm leaning towards believing this is an unpublished coin series but I would love to have other inputs and opinions. [ATTACH=full]916043[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916044[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916045[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916046[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916047[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916048[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916049[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]916050[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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