My Anthem to fakes!

Hallo my friends.
My wife visited Viet-Nam a few month ago. It was a wonderful journey in exotic country. She gave me a gift - two set of a world coins. She got it for $ 19 in a big market in the Nha-Trang city. All of the coins were very nice... but all of the coins were fakes!
Well, gentlemen! Let me to introduce to you my new collection of a World fakes.
Regards.
Yours Eugene.

 

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This wonderful coin is a copy of an old silver Mexican coin. I must say that the quality of this fake is rather high.

 

Peso from Chile. Nice fake, isn't it?!

 

Mexican peso.
Well... although this "coin" was produced in Asia (in China, as I suppose), but it's rather nice copy of an old silver coin.

 

That Chilean Peso is scary good.

 

Certainly!

 

Europe.
A "mintmasters" from China producing very interesting "Italian coins".

 

Africa.
Look at this crown from South Africa, gentlemen! Not bad... not bad! It is a fake. But it is a good fake!

 

Cuba.
Old "silver peso" from Viet-Nam. It is a high quality too.

 

Mexican five-pesos coin. I saw a few genuine coins. This fake is very similar to the original.

 

And now I will show fakes of more poor quality.

 

Some more reasons to buy from trusted sources only. Thanks for showing these! Well, I am not familiar with the originals, so I could not tell from the images what is wrong.

Also, as long as you know that a piece is fake, and have no intention to sell it ... well, there have been quite a few collectors in history who included well done counterfeits or even focused on them. Just make sure that your family for example knows which ones are not originals ...

Christian

 

One dollar of the Straits Settlements. We can see that the coin was made not by means of stamping - obviously, this fake made by molding.

 

New Zealand "dollar".
This fake has an indistinct relief of drawing.

 

Thanks for some pics of fakes. I have to admit I haven't thought of many of these you now show as being faked. The pillar dollar has been faked for a very long time now though. I do not trust them unless bought from an experienced dealer. There were loads of these fakes around 30 years ago, and it has just gotten worst. For anyone wishing to buy these, there have been threads on CT about how to distinguish authentic pieces. Personally I concentrate on the globes first off, since a large percentage of fakes get these wrong. After that, I have a few more places to check.

 

Terrible British crown of the king George V. Everyone can see that this is a fake!

 

Terrible fake of the Dutch coin. The portrait of the queen isn't visible almost.

 

Gentlemen, I am glad that You enjoy this thread.

 

Stupid coin: the obverse (5 Yang 1892 from Korea), the reverse (1 Won 1893 from Korea).

 

South Africa.
Pay attention: not sOuth but sCuth Africa!