Need Help Identifying Small Gold Coin And Other Bronze Coins

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Mcoins5378 New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 07/28/2019 07:17 am Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 07/28/2019 07:49 am to the community Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but none of these coins are genuine. They are all modern fakes made to look old. Report this Post to the Staff
Mcoins5378 New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 07/28/2019 08:30 am Thank you for the help echizento, luckily I was gifted these coins by a bizarre worker in Afghanistan. I am a novice at coin collecting, would you be able to tell me what indicates that these are replicas? Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 07/28/2019 08:50 am Pretty obvious tourist fakes of Bactrian and a Kushan coin, produced in the wrong metals - and, as echizento says, in the case of what you describe as bronzes (which should be silver, I believe...they look brassy here), have surfaces that have been worked to make them look old. At least one, the Heraios (the last one), is a documented fake. Edited by Kamnaskires 07/28/2019 08:52 am Report this Post to the Staff
Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 07/28/2019 6:10 pm Just a 'heads up' for service members, contractors and other travelers. Antiquities are highly regulated in Afghanistan. Possession, transfer or export of objects produced before 1748 requires government permission and violations are prosecutable under both Afghan and US law. https://www.cemml.colostate.edu/cul...afghenl.html Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188770 Posts	Posted 07/29/2019 2:44 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Seeker55 Pillar of the Community United States 634 Posts	Posted 07/29/2019 7:51 pm Just for the record, the second (gold) coin is purporting to be Indo-Greek, Menander. I would be very cautious of its authenticity for the simple reason that Indo-Greek coins are widely counterfeited Edited by Seeker55 07/29/2019 7:52 pm Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 07/29/2019 10:18 pm Thank you for your service. Report this Post to the Staff
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