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Treasure Hunting
Treasure, Coin and Relic
What is your oldest or rarest coin or medallion ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Danny13" data-source="post: 561508" data-attributes="member: 7482"><p>Hi Greenhornet,</p><p></p><p>Just having a look at the coin . Its an Imitation shekel (same coin Judas received from the Romans) . Interesting to note the quality of silver , you may notice bubbling or peals and a seam (first giveaway as to the coin being fake). Also there is the word copy , which is most commonly associated with a famous counterfeiter in Bulgaria called Slavie . Slavie eventually stopped putting the word copy and started selling ancient coins as the one you have as real because there is more profit in it. He also opened up forgery schools in bulgaria. Their techniques are getting better but not close to how it was done in ancient times , and a trained eye can pick a fake from a real ancient coin. Still a cool find.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Danny13, post: 561508, member: 7482"] Hi Greenhornet, Just having a look at the coin . Its an Imitation shekel (same coin Judas received from the Romans) . Interesting to note the quality of silver , you may notice bubbling or peals and a seam (first giveaway as to the coin being fake). Also there is the word copy , which is most commonly associated with a famous counterfeiter in Bulgaria called Slavie . Slavie eventually stopped putting the word copy and started selling ancient coins as the one you have as real because there is more profit in it. He also opened up forgery schools in bulgaria. Their techniques are getting better but not close to how it was done in ancient times , and a trained eye can pick a fake from a real ancient coin. Still a cool find. [/QUOTE]
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Treasure Hunting
Treasure, Coin and Relic
What is your oldest or rarest coin or medallion ?
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