Is This A Charm Or A Coin Of Some Sort? (Id: Replica Athenian Tetradrachm)

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Kat9 New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 09/27/2021 5:56 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 09/27/2021 6:21 pm Please show just one item per thread to avoid confusing replies. to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
Parklane64 Rest in Peace United States 2668 Posts	Posted 09/27/2021 6:57 pm Just one.... Report this Post to the Staff
daltonista Pillar of the Community United States 1057 Posts	Posted 09/27/2021 7:13 pm Kat9 Looks like something purporting to be possibly related in some way to the Athenian Tetradrachms. Not my field, so I'll ask a moderator to switch you inquiry over the the ancient folks! Enjoy! "If everything seems to be under control, you're just not going fast enough." --- Mario Andretti Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16806 Posts	Posted 09/27/2021 7:29 pm It is indeed a replica, of an Athenian Owl tetradrachm. I believe it was mass-produced by Readers Digest as part of a promotion for a book on ancient Greece. The distinctive "Edvard Munch eyes", and wings that look like two planks of wood, are the giveaways for this piece. If you do a forum search for "edvard munch owl", you'll find a whole bunch of people with identical "coins", where I have made the same comment. They almost always come in identical-looking plastic capsules, which is presumably how they were distributed. If one ranked the Top Ten Most Confusion-Causing Replica Ancient Coins, this one would have to be in the top three (alongside the Gelas brass tetradrachm and the fake Widows Mite). For examples on the FORVM fakes database, see here and here. 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
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9862 Posts	Posted 09/27/2021 7:36 pm Where or where? "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Report this Post to the Staff
Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10029 Posts	Posted 09/27/2021 8:38 pm Sap hit the nail on the head. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16806 Posts	Posted 09/27/2021 11:29 pm Quote: Where or where? Ah yes, links to the FORVM fakes database is glitchy right now. Let's try linking to the search page... Yes, that'll work. Click the link and then search for the phrase "supposed to be an owl" and you'll find them. 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
maridvnvm Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2099 Posts	Posted 09/28/2021 04:20 am Report this Post to the Staff
Kat9 New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 09/29/2021 05:19 am Thanks you guys for that info...now I must go throw this wanna be away. Report this Post to the Staff
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