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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 3780858, member: 71234&quot;]I recall quite a few years ago reading that building work in India uncovered a large hoard of fanams, and although the Indian government should have got them it is believed that the workes made off with a large proportion of the hoard. This seems probable as it was about the time there were many small and large lots of assorted fanams appearing on the British coin market.&nbsp; The flood subsided, as they do, but it must have hugely increased the numbers in collections.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is possible the hoard story was a fabrication to cover&nbsp; a mass of fake fanams. I bought a handful at the time and they seemed OK to me, but I may have been wrong. I had same XRF tested, they were high carat gold.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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