?dangerous Fake? Phonecia Tyre Shekel

Apparently, this cast is a "Hendin F918.6" from his Not Kosher book. There are several examples of these in the fake reports.



Really? This type often sells for well over a thousand dollars.

Here is the type listed in the FORVM fakes database, dating from 2009: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/f...layimage.php

So they've been around a while.

To me, this has all the hallmarks of a "Reader's Digest replica" - mass-produced, not really designed to fool an expert, but plenty good enough to cause confusion once it gets separated from its context - and the card that it was presumably originally attached to. Not sure if Readers Digest itself was responsible for these, or some other mass-marketing company.

Yeah, guys ... didn't think it was meant to fool anyone. I used to work & set up estate sales & remember finding this in a drawer with other (non)valuables ... knew it was a replica ... I collect fakes, if, for no other reason, to keep them off of the market ...
...The Hobby Protection Act, passed in 1973, stipulated that replicas have 'copy[b] stamped on the coin ... prior to that, exact replicas gave no indication as such ...
...I also think that this was presented as a copy, study piece, with accompanying literature, not meant to fool anyone ... original owner wasn't a collector ...