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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bgarg, post: 326013, member: 1876&quot;]I have circled the areas where the coin doesn&#039;t match with genuine coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]24543.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>First look the placements of stars on both sides. On original coin they are not aligned at all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Inside Gopuram, the standing figure in first, second and fourth floor is wrong. On genuine coin, the floors are divided by a straight vertical line and the standing deity is shown only on right side by a vertical lines.</p><p>There is no horizontal line on second floor (as shown on your coin)</p><p><br /></p><p>The Persian script is a dead giveaway. On most original die varieties, there is no dot inside the &quot;do chasme shahi&#039; character. On one die variety, there is a dot but it&#039;s very small dot (1/10 of the size of on this coin). I doubt that this coin is that sub-variety.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below that, check the Hun word. The calligraphy is totally off from the genuine one.</p><p><br /></p><p>On other side, there are few other die issues like couple of characters in Tamil legends is not correct. It&#039;s also missing the central dot between Tamil legends (at 6 o&#039;clock). Lord Vishnu’s face also doesn&#039;t look right and on genuine coins his crown has <b>two</b> horizontal lines and one dot. On counterfeit, there is one line and one dot.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this will give you enough idea. If I get some free time this afternoon, will scan the two from my collection and will post here.</p><p><br /></p><p>Take care.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regards,</p><p>Ballabh Garg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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