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<p>[QUOTE="Ken Dorney, post: 3154905, member: 76086"]I'm not so sure. There are certain types of mint issue medieval Turkish silver coins that are more commonly found holed than not (I have no idea if the belly dancing community was booming at the time, so I dont know the reason for it). If it was made specifically as adornment it likely would have been cast with the holes already in the mould.</p><p><br /></p><p>I see no reason why this example could not have passed for a real coin. The type is certainly crude enough as it is and there are plenty of other fouree's out there which are cruder that this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>My assumption would be that this was made to pass as real but at a certain point the core showed through revealing the deception. Likely the last person 'holding the bag' was unable to pass it off as any denomination and at some point it was turned into jewelry.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ken Dorney, post: 3154905, member: 76086"]I'm not so sure. There are certain types of mint issue medieval Turkish silver coins that are more commonly found holed than not (I have no idea if the belly dancing community was booming at the time, so I dont know the reason for it). If it was made specifically as adornment it likely would have been cast with the holes already in the mould. I see no reason why this example could not have passed for a real coin. The type is certainly crude enough as it is and there are plenty of other fouree's out there which are cruder that this one. My assumption would be that this was made to pass as real but at a certain point the core showed through revealing the deception. Likely the last person 'holding the bag' was unable to pass it off as any denomination and at some point it was turned into jewelry.[/QUOTE]
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