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Spyro Valued Member United Kingdom 396 Posts	Posted 06/28/2023 01:58 am This is a close-up of the edge of a Maria Theresa Taler I bought the other day. It was listed as a fake made of two halves and I only paid £7.50 for it but my metal detector told me it was real. It's made of the heads of one Taler and the tails of another, ground down and soldered together. They're from different mints (different diameters!) and vestiges of an edge inscription are JUST visible on one half. I'm wondering why anyone would do this to two coins. Boredom? Needed silver filings? Madly in love? Any ideas anyone? Report this Post to the Staff

Spyro Valued Member United Kingdom 396 Posts	Posted 06/28/2023 03:37 am Here's a picture I took this morning of said Thaler. The one I did yesterday was a bit too big... it's a learning curve! Report this Post to the Staff
Spyro Valued Member United Kingdom 396 Posts	Posted 06/28/2023 03:40 am That should've gone into "reply to topic" but either my brain is failing or I got up too early... Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34464 Posts	Posted 06/28/2023 06:50 am @spy, no problem with accidentally starting a second thread for this coin. I've merged the two of them and will move this over to the world coin subforum so that we get some good eyes on it. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Spyro Valued Member United Kingdom 396 Posts	Posted 06/28/2023 07:23 am Many thanks! Report this Post to the Staff
Dutch-Tigger Valued Member United States 301 Posts	Posted 06/28/2023 08:00 am @Spyro There are an infinitesimal amount of ways people come up with to do harm to coins, only limited by the "Imagination" Report this Post to the Staff
Spyro Valued Member United Kingdom 396 Posts	Posted 06/29/2023 01:48 am @Dutch-Tigger Report this Post to the Staff
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