Help With ID Of This Small Gold Coin. Celtic?

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MetDet71 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1563 Posts	Posted 04/12/2019 09:50 am This one has got me baffled. 8mm in diameter. not got my scales so cant offer up the weight. Any help would be great! * Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

MetDet71 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1563 Posts	Posted 04/12/2019 10:15 am just found a site, it could be an indian fanam. Report this Post to the Staff
BigSilver Pillar of the Community United States 2843 Posts	Posted 04/12/2019 10:15 am https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces22189.html Looks like a match to me. Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 04/12/2019 10:59 am Gold fanam from India, ca. 1700s. There are a lot of fakes about, but thankfully the fakes are usually made of melted down sovereigns - I treat them like Maria Theresa thalers - treat them as bullion, not necessarily numismatic collectibles. Report this Post to the Staff
swamperbob Pillar of the Community United States 5362 Posts	Posted 04/12/2019 5:33 pm Finn235 In a collection I purchased about 1970 came a group of between 20 and 30 varieties of the "gold" fanam. I was curious enough about counterfeits to check these very closely. Most were counterfeit - but only some of the counterfeits were actually solid gold. There were even back in 1970 gold plated silver forgeries of these tiny coins. Personally I avoid them like I avoid the Maximillian Gold Pesos of 1865. Too many silver copies to justify the prices demanded for gold. Report this Post to the Staff
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