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xReflections New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 12/07/2021 10:20 pm Can you please help me identify this ancient shekel? I'm trying to figure out how old it is, and if it's real. Ignore the edges. Edited by xReflections 12/07/2021 10:20 pm Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 12/08/2021 04:42 am . Is that one coin or two? If two,we need to see both sides of the same coin.Size and weight? John1 Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188130 Posts	Posted 12/08/2021 08:40 am 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
Novicius Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1168 Posts	Posted 12/08/2021 11:25 am If real it could be a A Jewish War Shekel. I bought one recently as an unknown Greek coin, after researching it. My one is definitely a fake as it was very cheap, there are only a few in existence, plus the size and weight are wrong. I bought it primarily as I had known nothing about the Jewish war coins and found the subject very interesting. It is just a keepsake, plus it keeps it off the market. Interesting article here: https://coinweek.com/ancient-coins/...ekel-year-5/ Edited by Novicius 12/08/2021 11:26 am Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5172 Posts	Posted 12/08/2021 11:52 am The coin on the right in the OP photo has the look of a modern cast fake. Can't say much about the coin on the left. That said, this is a very popular and consequently very heavily counterfeited type, so any example you see outside of some very trusted contexts is probably more likely to be fake than not. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16817 Posts	Posted 12/08/2021 5:28 pm Guys, the two pics in the OP are one and the same coin, They're just taken at different times, under different lighting conditions. 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
livingwater Pillar of the Community United States 2223 Posts	Posted 12/09/2021 7:35 pm If you did not buy this from a well known established ancient coin dealer or long time collector it may be fake. There are a couple sites that show fake coin examples like Forum Ancient Coins fakes list and Forgery Network to compare. You could send it to David Sear or another expert for an opinion. Edited by livingwater 12/09/2021 7:40 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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