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BobbyV New Member United States 25 Posts	Posted 09/22/2015 09:32 am Hi everyone, I purchased these coins on ebay about a month ago, and I just want to make sure they are authentic. The ones in the first link are from Albania, and the ones in the second link are from Bulgaria (I didn't know yet about the issue of Bulgarian counterfeit coins). Thanks ahead of time for your help! http://www.ebay.com/itm/14175874461...RK:MEBIDX:IT http://www.ebay.com/itm/18185054745...RK:MEBIDX:IT (For a good view of the pictures you have to click "see original listing" and scroll down a little). Edited by BobbyV 09/22/2015 09:49 am Report this Post to the Staff

Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 09/22/2015 10:37 am They look ok. Used on the costume of a belly danser Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 09/22/2015 12:16 pm This are all costume pieces and are not ancient or medieval coins. Report this Post to the Staff
BobbyV New Member United States 25 Posts	Posted 09/22/2015 12:29 pm So they are not Ottoman coins? Should I try to return them since the descriptions were false? Report this Post to the Staff
TypeCoin971793 Pillar of the Community United States 6370 Posts	Posted 09/22/2015 1:25 pm I don't see anything to suggest that they would be counterfeits... I personally wouldn't return them, but that's my opinion. Report this Post to the Staff
BobbyV New Member United States 25 Posts	Posted 09/22/2015 3:35 pm I wondered, because I saw some being sold by a CCF member which looked very similar (and which I was thinking of purchasing--I had also bought a Roman coin lot from him, and for a moment there I was questioning both). Earlier I did a little research on Ottoman coin types and saw some that were a lot thicker and heavier than these, as well as some that were about the same thickness and general weight and that had the same types of holes in them. Edited by BobbyV 09/22/2015 4:23 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16846 Posts	Posted 09/22/2015 9:01 pm To reiterate and clarify what echizento said: Yes, they appear to be genuine Ottoman coins. Yes, they have been "damaged" for attachment to ornamentation, most likely a woman's festive garments though other things were similarly decorated - a common fate for Ottoman silver and gold coins. They aren't ancient or mediaeval; while I can't see a clear date on any of the coins in batch 1 and only a few in batch 2, but they appear to be of the style of the 1600s and 1700s. 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
BobbyV New Member United States 25 Posts	Posted 09/22/2015 11:33 pm Thanks for that clarification, Sap! I forgot that the Ottoman empire lasted until the early twentieth century, haha. I always picture them fighting the Byzantines in 1453 when I think of them. For further clarification, though, what exactly is considered to be the end of the Medieval period? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16846 Posts	Posted 09/23/2015 12:14 am It's a bit fuzzy; different folks who collect different kinds of coins tend to put the mediaeval/modern boundary in different places. For me personally, the cutoff date is 1450. The working definition, for this forum, is that anything prior to 1600 can qualify as "mediaeval", since that's as far back as the Krause modern world coin catalogues go. 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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