1904 Tibet 1/2 Rupee Fake? - Coin Community Forum

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numisnugs New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 09/25/2014 8:45 pm Acquired this coin from a dealer. Weight is 4.8 grams, which is well under the 5.6 grams listed in catalog (Y#2). Many other features do not look right to me. I am 99% certain it is fake, but wanted to make sure before I return it. Thank you for your comments. Report this Post to the Staff

wonghinghi Pillar of the Community Hong Kong 1270 Posts	Posted 09/25/2014 11:19 pm Yes, it is fake but I can't rule out it is a contemporary fake. Henry Report this Post to the Staff
Archraz Pillar of the Community United States 3499 Posts	Posted 09/25/2014 11:27 pm I'm going to say contemporary fake. And if I'm right, then this is a really interesting piece: this type of Tibetan rupee & 1/2 rupee were meant to be close in appearance to Victorian rupees minted in India. Thus, we have an unofficial copy following the design of a coin that itself was derivative. So this is just another stage in the gradual distortion/drift of the victorian image. Report this Post to the Staff
numisnugs New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 09/28/2014 2:44 pm Many thanks. Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3834 Posts	Posted 09/29/2014 05:25 am This is interesting. Note that 1/4 and 1/2 rupee are significantly rarer than the 1 rupee counterpart and they go for more than several hundred dollars. While I have seen a counterfeit Szechuan rupee, this counterfeit 1/2 rupee is new. Guess anything can be counterfeited these days. I am hesitant to call this contemporary counterfeit. My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
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