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bobbyhelmet Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2838 Posts	Posted 01/25/2013 09:38 am Quote: I happened to be looking at some Yuan cash the other day. The copies are so old that you just can't tell the real from the fake sometimes but they're hundreds of years old. So would these be considered 'fakes' in the way Barbarous Romans are or are they very old fakes produced for collectors way back in the past Report this Post to the Staff
jcmworld Pillar of the Community United States 567 Posts	Posted 01/25/2013 5:58 pm Old fakes. They never circulated as lega tender. Radiates were used as currency. Report this Post to the Staff
bobbyhelmet Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2838 Posts	Posted 01/25/2013 6:38 pm Incredible - thanks for the info. Getting very interested in Cash coins atm. Edited by bobbyhelmet 01/25/2013 6:39 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Bacchus2 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2887 Posts	Posted 01/25/2013 6:42 pm Bobby - assume you mean the "limes" denarius? This article expands on it - but there seems to be a reasonable case to be made that they circulated on the fringes of empire. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/nu...s%20denarius My Papal States coin collection: https://diadumenian.com/Papal%20Sta...0States.html Medieval coins collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Europe.html Indian Rupee Collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Rupees.html Minor world Silver: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...20coins.html Report this Post to the Staff
Westwood Arms Pillar of the Community United States 684 Posts	Posted 01/25/2013 11:29 pm Wow great input and a lot of knowledge here, thank you. Tokenmast, I meant Mark Hofmann, not Harman (too much CSI ). Mark Hofmann was a really good forger of Mormon stuff and spark erosion guru. I was kind of wondering if a group such as PNG put something out like: Source of fakes: Country_____________Comments Bulgaria:_10% of total__Many Ancients Lebanon:__8% of total__US gold China:____44% of total__Mexican colonial USA:______24% of total__US collectible Etc. ebay probably has numbers to support the country source of the sellers of fakes, but country of manufacture? Using the word fakes to avoid counterfeit/forgery semantics. Has anyone seen something empirical in this regard? Report this Post to the Staff
bobbyhelmet Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2838 Posts	Posted 01/26/2013 11:33 am Quote: Bobby - assume you mean the "limes" denarius? Not specifically - just wasn't sure if the Yuan in question were Unofficial or Semi-official circulating coins or like the Chinese faking of modern US coins aimed directly at a past collecting market. I must admit being a beginner spotting fake casts of Cash coins seems near impossible to me. With Romans at least they were struck and had 'art' on them which can aid identification of more modern reproductions. I'm guessing its quite a specialist skill. Edited by bobbyhelmet 01/26/2013 12:46 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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