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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3524428, member: 112&quot;]Over the years the subject has been mentioned a lot in articles and books. The fact that it happened is pretty much common knowledge among knowledgeable coin people. They set up factories and produced the coins in huge numbers, some of poor quality, and some of exceptional quality. There are reports of gold sovereigns for example that were so good that they actually fooled the British Royal Mint - meaning even they could not identify them as counterfeits. </p><p><br /></p><p>Actual documented specifics about who was behind it all - I don&#039;t have the answers to that. The best book that I am personally aware of with pictures and listed diagnostics of some the middle east counterfeits would be <i>Counterfeit Gold Coins</i> by Alfred Diefenbacher. I owned a copy for many years but some years ago I sold it to a dealer friend of mine. But if you look you can still find copies of the book on the market.</p><p><br /></p><p>I could probably list a whole lot of things for you if I wanted to take the time. But, if you&#039;d just use this link - </p><p><a href="https://www.google.ca/search?as_q=middle+east&amp;as_epq=counterfeit+gold+coins&amp;as_oq=&amp;as_eq=&amp;as_nlo=&amp;as_nhi=&amp;lr=&amp;cr=&amp;as_qdr=all&amp;as_sitesearch=&amp;as_occt=any&amp;safe=images&amp;as_filetype=&amp;as_rights=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.ca/search?as_q=middle+east&amp;as_epq=counterfeit+gold+coins&amp;as_oq=&amp;as_eq=&amp;as_nlo=&amp;as_nhi=&amp;lr=&amp;cr=&amp;as_qdr=all&amp;as_sitesearch=&amp;as_occt=any&amp;safe=images&amp;as_filetype=&amp;as_rights=" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.ca/search?as_q=middle+east&amp;as_epq=counterfeit+gold+coins&amp;as_oq=&amp;as_eq=&amp;as_nlo=&amp;as_nhi=&amp;lr=&amp;cr=&amp;as_qdr=all&amp;as_sitesearch=&amp;as_occt=any&amp;safe=images&amp;as_filetype=&amp;as_rights=</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I think you&#039;ll find all you want to read.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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