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Mussolini 20 Lire Coin

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The Mussolini 20 lire pieces are well known to be fantasy issues. They are silver or silver plated, weigh 20.5 or 17.5 g, and are about 35 mm across.

But I have this.

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Mussolini-20-Lire-Coin

It is most assuredly not silver. It weights 13.94 g, is 34.0 mm across, appears to be made of the same metal (a tin-antimony alloy?) that I've seen cast copies of other coins made of, and there are inconsistencies in the thickness of the coin and the reeds on the edges.

Mussolini-20-Lire-Coin

So I guess what I'm asking is this: is this a counterfeit of a fantasy piece?
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...is this a counterfeit of a fantasy piece?

In a way, yes. But since the original silver Mussolini "coins" aren't themselves "genuine coins", but fantasy pieces, it would be unwise to call copies of them "counterfeits", since that word implies that the original fantasy coins were somehow more "genuine". They're really just "differently-made fantasies", or "base-metal fantasies" if you wish to be clearer about their lack of intrinsic value.
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