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Post Your Counterfeit Coins Here (Educational Thread)

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5 DM lead dark blue very soft pliable
Seems like one of the more obvious fakes, or something that had a very rough life!
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1874 5 Francs weight 17,33 gr. diameter 37 mm 2,4 gr. thickness 2,4 mm coin alignment #8593;#8595; contemporary lead cast forgery

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1875 5 Francs weight 18,22 gr. diameter 37 mm 2,4 gr. thickness 2,4 mm coin alignment #8593;#8595; contemporary lead cast forgery high part of a white metall.
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1874 5 Francs weight 17,33 gr. diameter 37 mm 2,4 gr. thickness 2,4 mm coin alignment #8593;#8595; contemporary lead cast forgery

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1875 5 Francs weight 18,22 gr. diameter 37 mm 2,4 gr. thickness 2,4 mm coin alignment #8593;#8595; contemporary lead cast forgery high part of a white metall.
Interesting examples!
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Belgium 10 Centimes 1862 devaluated 5.71 gr. 21mm lead -it seems to be varnished or laminated
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UK 1 Florin (mdccclxxxi) 1881 lead 8.55 gr - 29.5 mm devaluated
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UK 1 Crown 1889 lead 25,44 gr - 38.1 mm
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Belgium 10 Centimes 1862 devaluated 5.71 gr. 21mm lead -it seems to be varnished or laminated
Nice example!
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Italy 50 Centesimi 1863 lead alloy
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Italy 50 Centesimi 1863 lead alloy
Very interesting!
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Lead 5 Francs - Third Republic typ bazor - 5.53 gr.- 24.63 mm
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Lead 10 Francs - Third Republic typ turin - 7.48 gr. - 27.68 mm
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White metal alloy 20 Francs - Third Republic typ turin 19.90 gr.- 34.93 mm
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Canada George VI quarter slug. Weight = 6.08 g.
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Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Canada George VI quarter slug. Weight = 6.08 g.
Yikes!
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My latest change find - fake 2018 UK pound coin:
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My latest change find - fake 2018 UK pound coin:
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British Palestine weight 8,11 gr. diameter 24,40 mm thicknes 2,21 mm - cast it seemd to be a brass alloy lead coated -
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this beauty was a present from a friend who bought it a few weeks ago in india from a street vendor.

weight 10 ,64 gr.- diameter 28,50 mm - thicknes 2,24 mm -embossed not magnetic -
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