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ukfan4sure New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 11/29/2012 5:52 pm Can anyone tell me anything about this coin? Is it real or a common reproduction? It was found under carpeting in a house; the carpeting had been there for many years and now the coin has been in possession of the person who found it for about 35 years. Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

Dionysos Valued Member Canada 472 Posts	Posted 11/29/2012 5:56 pm A quite common forgery... Report this Post to the Staff
ukfan4sure New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 11/29/2012 6:00 pm Ha! Should have known... Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff
Dionysos Valued Member Canada 472 Posts	Posted 11/29/2012 6:02 pm No problem And... Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 11/29/2012 6:24 pm to the community Report this Post to the Staff
focusxl Valued Member United States 79 Posts	Posted 11/29/2012 7:24 pm I think you made a good call, Dionysos Report this Post to the Staff
ukfan4sure New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 11/29/2012 7:44 pm Thanks for the warm welcome, everyone! Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4973 Posts	Posted 11/29/2012 9:48 pm careful....this ancient coin stuff can be addictive! Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16862 Posts	Posted 11/29/2012 10:19 pm Alas, yes. It's a copy of a shekel of tyre, a coin often marketed as a "biblical coin"; the "thirty pieces of silver" paid to Judas are said to have been coins of this type. As such, they have been widely counterfeited. We've seen them on the forum before, such as here and here, so this type must be one of the mass-produced kind. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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