Palestine 50 Mils 1935 Zinc ... Trail? Variant? Error? Fake?

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zypronix New Member Sweden 47 Posts	Posted 09/06/2020 5:32 pm Hello, I was trying to look up the value of an 50 Mils 1935 from British Palestine I have. After a little goggling I learned that they should be .720 silver and have a weight of 5.83 grams. The problem is, mine is in zinc, weighs 3.72 grams and looks the same. I was hoping someone out there have some information, if it's documented in any books? Because I couldn't find any trail strikes, errors, variants or sales on any of the sites I visited :( Report this Post to the Staff

Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 09/06/2020 7:08 pm We'll need pics to help! Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16857 Posts	Posted 09/06/2020 7:30 pm Without seeing pics it's impossible to tell, but my guess would be a circulating counterfeit. 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
NumisRob Bedrock of the Community United Kingdom 17983 Posts	Posted 09/07/2020 04:41 am Quote: my guess would be a circulating counterfeit My Trade List: https://goccf.com/t/194596 My Wants List: https://goccf.com/t/191710 Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 09/07/2020 05:26 am Pics would really help. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Report this Post to the Staff
zypronix New Member Sweden 47 Posts	Posted 09/07/2020 06:51 am Here are pics, a bit bright though... Yea, probably a counterfeit, but weird that they used zinc? I have seen a silver plated copper 50 mils 1930´s and that I can understand... but the copper fake one was not very good either https://ibb.co/7Wmj7BM][/url] Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 09/07/2020 09:44 am I admit: I know very little about fakes of these, nevertheless, what is the possibility that it may have been a trial strike in zinc? Report this Post to the Staff
chronos Pillar of the Community Lebanon 506 Posts	Posted 09/07/2020 5:27 pm Any idea where the palestinian coins minted? If yes this will help us search for the response Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16857 Posts	Posted 09/07/2020 6:28 pm As Palestine was a British protectorate, I'm pretty sure their coins would have been minted by The Royal Mint, London. There wouldn't have been any need to make a "trial strike" in 1935, and nobody was making zinc coins in 1935. So it's not a "wrong planchet". I'd still agree with my original "counterfeit" hypothesis. As for "why zinc", well, it would have looked silvery when originally struck. Remember, a counterfeiter only needs to fool one person, once, and it's mission accomplished - they wouldn't care what their coins looked like after a hundred people had handled it, or in 50 years time. To me, the use of zinc implies a wartime-era counterfeit; perhaps they used zinc simply because all other silvery-coloured metals were too expensive or difficult to obtain due to the war. 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
chronos Pillar of the Community Lebanon 506 Posts	Posted 09/08/2020 08:19 am why they would counterfeit this coin without making it at the same or at a close weight? In 1940 there was zinc coins in Lebanon and Syria which are neighbours of Palestine , but are quite rare because the zinc rust easily .Maybe it is a trial of necessity coin in a war era counterfeit and maybe it is counterfeit . I find it beautiful Edited by chronos 09/08/2020 08:24 am Report this Post to the Staff
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