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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coinhunk, post: 432838, member: 15747&quot;]oh, hmmmmn, you are right handsometoad. :thumb: I realized the coin wasn&#039;t made just yesterday, right? I guess it also has a lot of history to it. As acanthite&nbsp; said, the coin might have been used in real transactions a long time ago and not as a numismatic item. Almost the same weight and diameter but not as accurate in the details -- hmmn, perhaps same amount of silver to get just the right weight and size, but crude details because of limited tools. Then passed on for real transactions back then. Hmmmn makes sense to me. </p><p><br /></p><p>This makes it a very good forgery! Right? And a historical one, too. Now, I think it is worth something (more than the original perhaps?hahaha). :hail:</p><p><br /></p><p>A contemporary counterfeit/replica will look much like the original in details to be passed on as a fake numismatic item, but not in weight and material. We have digital weighing scales now and tests for silver, too. There were sacks and sacks of fake Morgan and peace dollars from China that made their way to the Philippine islands years back. The details were incredible. Just not the weight. - always a difference of about 3 - 5 grams from the original.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll keep the coin then (put it in a capsule even)! Or e-bay it one of these days. hahaha :thumb:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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