East India Company Coins 1616, 1717 - Fake?

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dimon2kgb New Member Russian Federation 6 Posts	Posted 04/16/2009 04:55 am Hi! I have four East India coins, three of them have 1717 year mark and one - 1616. Seems they're fake.. Need help. Look the photos below (obverse and reverse). Click the links to enlarge. http://i072.radikal.ru/0904/84/88b92e7e7c5f.jpg http://s56.radikal.ru/i152/0904/c1/...f8d90839.jpg Thanks. Dimitry. Edited by dimon2kgb 04/16/2009 04:55 am Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16829 Posts	Posted 04/16/2009 05:06 am Yep, they're fake, or at least, they're not real coins. The East India Company coins with that reverse are from the 1800's, and all have the obverse of the British monarch. These are probably "temple tokens" of some kind. 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
dimon2kgb New Member Russian Federation 6 Posts	Posted 04/16/2009 05:12 am Hmm. You are probably right. They look like 19th Century Indian Temple tokens, but nowadays there're many forgeries of them... Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 04/16/2009 08:58 am , I agree with SAP. Report this Post to the Staff
kidromeo New Member India 37 Posts	Posted 04/16/2009 1:16 pm These are not temple tokens either but modern fantasy pieces. These are used to fool foreign tourists and so are aptly called tourist coins. Edited by kidromeo 04/16/2009 1:16 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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