Indian 1920 Quarter Anna Wrong King Backwards Text

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Nutmegger New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 06/07/2017 09:56 am I received a collection of coins from my great uncle. Included in that is a strange quarter anna coin. The text on the back, One Quarter Anna India 1920, was stamped backwards and the King on the front of the coin is Edward VII when the monarch in 1920 was George V. I know that millions of these quarter anna coins were made and many had errors, but I haven't seen any like this. I'm hoping someone here could shed some light on how a coin like this could be made. The first image is the front of the coin, the second image is the back of the coin and the third is the back of the coin flipped 180 degrees. Report this Post to the Staff

BigSilver Pillar of the Community United States 2843 Posts	Posted 06/19/2017 12:51 pm Considering how crude that coin looks, I would venture to guess it is a counterfeit, made from mismatched obverse and reverse dies. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16827 Posts	Posted 06/19/2017 9:09 pm Hello and welcome. Yep, I'd agree: counterfeit. More specifically, it appears to be a contemporary circulating counterfeit (as opposed to a counterfeit made in more modern times and aiming to fool coin collectors). 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
Nutmegger New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 06/23/2017 8:02 pm Thanks, Sap and BigSilver. That makes a lot of sense. Nothing about this coin seemed to be right. I'm sure it is contemporary. It came out of my Great Uncle's collection put together in the 1930s and 1940s. Report this Post to the Staff
Director Valued Member United States 123 Posts	Posted 11/01/2017 02:12 am That's a definite fake and bad one at that. Cheers! Report this Post to the Staff
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