8 Anna Coin Fake?

Although only a scarce type, I have never personally seen an 8 anna, fake or genuine, in over 50 years of my collecting experience.

Normally, I would say:
'Do a comparative ring tone test, against a known genuine coin.'

That may well be impossible, in this case.

I also have my suspicions, based on pictures alone, enough to say 'fake'.

What I am seeing is a die cast with some re tooling done to the mold especially on the legends

Nasty cast.

Cast fake. Look at the surface, it appears the same as an iron skillet. That's a giveaway.

Another is the relief of the King-Emperor, it's visibly low. Compare it to a genuine One Pie piece of the same era, you'll see it right off. Pice coins are cheap enough for a nice reference.

Thirdly, look at the perimeter of the coin. Die struck coins are made under pressure in precision matched dies, the metal will flow evenly. Cast coins are not under nearly the pressure, and one side of the perimeter generally will have a bit of overflow metal that must be removed after the cast. They are made by filling the lower half of the mold, then pressing the upper half of the mold into the surface of the slag in the lower half. Pressure is very low, and uneven. Some metal will ooze out of the gap between the molds. The perimeter will show filing or grinding marks of an uneven nature and/or be of differing widths. On the reverse of this coin, you can just see a little bit of remaining rim at 10 O'clock on the edge where the counterfeiter thought it was 'good enough' to pass.

Injection molding turns up sometimes, and often the separate halves are cast separately, the blank backs ground smooth and flat, and joined together. Check the rims for a line around it, and a reeded edge for signs of tooling. Also look for crooked and overlapping reeding.

Lastly, weigh and measure the coin. The book weights are accurate and anything other than 0.1 - 2.0 % difference for wear is telling. The coin pictured should be spot on, maybe 99.8% of the given weight. Diameter should be exact.

Although you may not have a genuine coin with which to compare,
generally speaking, cast fakes do not ring vey well.

The fact the lettering on the obverse is not worn when the portrait is worn should be a red flag.

Also the reverse looks grainy, unsure if its your camera or the coin surface itself.

I am not familiar with this coin but I am leaning toward fake.

I think it is a cast fake and agree with all of the other criticism. But although there is no way to be sure, is it anyone's opinion that it is recent or closer to contemporary?

I was particularly curious abut this coin.
Ta for the final feedback.