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AaronGrantJones New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 11/11/2024 10:14 am I don't really know anything about the coin other than what I found online, which may be totally untrue. Any help would be much appreciated. Edited by AaronGrantJones 11/11/2024 10:37 am Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 11/11/2024 10:37 am Report this Post to the Staff
Root River Mint New Member United States 46 Posts	Posted 11/11/2024 11:01 am It is a modern cast copy of a shekel or half shekel of Tyre. Report this Post to the Staff
AaronGrantJones New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 11/11/2024 11:59 am Not doubting you a bit Root River Mint, but how does one tell if it's a modern cast or legit? Are there details, or lack there of, that tells you that is a modern cast? Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187672 Posts	Posted 11/11/2024 12:40 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
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 11/11/2024 6:16 pm to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34393 Posts	Posted 11/11/2024 6:24 pm @aar, first welcome to CCF. Second, one good way to look for a cast coin is to view the edge. Any chance of you taking a picture of this and adding it to this thread? Thx. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16806 Posts	Posted 11/12/2024 07:52 am Happy to confirm this as a replica/fake. Some indicators: - An overall "mushy" appearance, which is quite different to any normal naturally occurring corrosion. Particularly telling is the selectivity of the "mushiness": the lettering is very blurry and indistinct, but the eagle's features are sharp and clear. - A "very commonly faked type". The Shekel of Tyre is also known as a "Thirty Pieces of Silver" coin, and thus qualifies as "Biblical". 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
AaronGrantJones New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 11/12/2024 08:00 am Thanks for all of your information everyone. Spence, here are the pictures of the edges. Report this Post to the Staff
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