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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 3262362, member: 71234&quot;]I&#039;d be starting with the presumption that ALL ARE FAKE, made in China</p><p>I have been caught myself by the idea that just because you have gone to a distant land, the people have no idea of the value of things.</p><p>Generally they have a very good idea and in fact usually overprice anything worth having.</p><p><br /></p><p>How did you establish the silver coins were silver?</p><p><br /></p><p>Dealers who have bags of stuff only have bags of stuff that no one wants, or material that sells for very low prices. They do not have bags of treasure they are happy to sell to the first passing stranger.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think the British India rupees look a little dodgy, but I am no expert in this series.&nbsp; I am sure you will get more and better advice but my advice is to walk away.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS. It is possible that India has some sort of restriction on the export of genuine old coins, I do not know but it might be worth checking.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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