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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rick, post: 73005, member: 1235&quot;]ok, so I&#039;ve had this coin over a year.&nbsp; It was one of many coins I purchased at an auction when a dealer closed up his shop.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>He had this piece labeled as Egypt - 1/2 zeri muhbub.&nbsp; After looking into it, and comparing this piece to the example in Krause, I took it to another dealer who looked at it for about a second and handed it back.&nbsp; &#039;Fake,&#039; he said.&nbsp; &#039;Gold doesn&#039;t wear like that.&#039;&nbsp; I respect his expertize on the subject, but as for the gold comment, I thought - it sort of depends on the purity of the content.&nbsp; But, because the devices looked nothing like what I should, I tossed it asside as a fake.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The other day, as I&#039;m helping someone here identify a coin I knew was from Turkey - I happen across a coin that looks very familiar.&nbsp; the 1/2 Hayriye Altin - AH1223, this one is labeled yr 21 at 12 o&#039;clock in the inner circle of the reverse.&nbsp; Now, I think it&#039;s still fake, because te obverse has two circles within the inner circle at 6 o&#039;clock, which don&#039;t look like they are supposed to be there, and the Taghra (I think that&#039;s right) appears crude. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>All that said, even a blind squirrel sometimes finds a nut.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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