Posted 05/07/2013 08:43 am
Lots of imitations and fakes are made of fanams have been made, in good gold, for the Indian home market.
This one looks a little brassy, and the verdigris like green cast doesn't help.
Rub the coin between your fingers. If your fingers have a metallic smell, the coin is made from some type of copper alloy.
If your fingers don't have a metallic smell, your coin most probably has some sort of good gold composition.
You have then completed the first step to proving that the coin is genuine.
If it is of good gold, the next step is to look up Google Images, searching for "imitation fanams", and compare your coin to the images.
Be careful: Google Images will present
"fanams", AND "imitation fanams". You have to check each one of the likely images, looking for "more informatiom".
I was able to prove that the two examples that I have, are 'imitation fanams' in good gold.
This one looks a little brassy, and the verdigris like green cast doesn't help.
Rub the coin between your fingers. If your fingers have a metallic smell, the coin is made from some type of copper alloy.
If your fingers don't have a metallic smell, your coin most probably has some sort of good gold composition.
You have then completed the first step to proving that the coin is genuine.
If it is of good gold, the next step is to look up Google Images, searching for "imitation fanams", and compare your coin to the images.
Be careful: Google Images will present
"fanams", AND "imitation fanams". You have to check each one of the likely images, looking for "more informatiom".
I was able to prove that the two examples that I have, are 'imitation fanams' in good gold.
