Pointers On Maravedis Coins

Maravedis were striked during 7 centuries, from medieval to late modern times... as you can guess, it is not easy to give you a general advice of what to look for :(. Could you be a little more specific?

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Well, I don't think they made magnetic maravedis, so if you somehow find a magnetic one, it's likely to be a bad fake.

But IIRC most maravedis issues are too common to be faked much.

I'm agree with january and spence, but with some clarification:

- There is A LOT of fakes maravedis. but almost all of them are not modern copies, they were very counterfeited coins in the years that they were in circulation. Of course, neither copper or silver are magnetic, you can automatically discard any magnetic coin.
- Spence advice can be resumed in that way: Studying before buying.

You can use this website -> https://maravedis.net , or even better, try to get a specialized catalogue. Best options are Jarabo-Sanahuja https://www.ebay.es/itm/EL-VELLON-D...264183360049 or Lopez de la Fuente https://www.ebay.es/itm/LOS-MARAVED...223345424426 https://www.ebay.es/itm/libro-LOS-M...223483685226 . Maravedis were striked on a very neglicted way, their weights and diameters could vary a lot even on same series. Look at that:

- https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5835040 -> 2.73g
- https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5824940 -> 1.79g

They are mine. Same year, same mint, but almost a 50% of weight difference between them... and they are not fakes.

Regards!