Shekel Of Tyre - Is This A Real Deal Coin From The Days Of Christ?

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ComradeBean New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 09/22/2020 10:15 am Found this coin at an antique mall - very curious to see you alls opinion before I sent to get appraised bc that's expensive! Report this Post to the Staff

norantyki Valued Member 404 Posts	Posted 09/22/2020 10:25 am Surfaces look cast to me (indication of it being a reproduction), but that might just be because of the photos. Can we get a weight and picture of the edge? Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188130 Posts	Posted 09/22/2020 12:17 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
ComradeBean New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 09/24/2020 09:42 am Absolutely - check back tonight or in the morning I'll have some side pictures, unfortunately don't have a scale... But it's about the weight of a silver dollar or more, heavier than a quarter for sure. Report this Post to the Staff
ComradeBean New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 09/24/2020 09:48 am Also, should I clean it with silver tarnish remover? Or would that decrease any possible value? It's pretty dirty. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16816 Posts	Posted 09/24/2020 10:45 am Sorry, but no, it's a replica, I'm afraid. Exactly the same type as this one on the FORVM fake reports database: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/f...hp?pos=-8581 And while it doesn't matter with this coin, since it's not genuine, but you should never clean old coins. Collectors like their coin to have "patina", and what you see on this coin is "patina", not "dirt". It's fake patina, in this instance, but the point should be made. 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
ComradeBean New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 09/24/2020 10:56 pm Report this Post to the Staff
norantyki Valued Member 404 Posts	Posted 09/28/2020 08:00 am As per the above photos, what you have is a cast reproduction with ground down edges to hide the cast line - definitely a fake. As I mentioned in my initial response, you can also see that the details are mushy and ill-defined - in future, that should be your first tip off. Report this Post to the Staff
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