Which One Of These Victorian Era Dokdo Coins Doesn't Belong?

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jdsstrat Valued Member United States 258 Posts	Posted 05/06/2025 8:02 pm Sorting through a collection of these one dokdo coins from Kutch, India, AD 1882/VS 1938, I came across the coin on the right. I understand that these were handmade in part and that a certain amount of variety is to be expected. But this? The details are off more than others I have, way off, and to boot when you flip it you get what you see in the second picture. According to Numista, these coins are supposed to be aligned like a coin and as you can see the coin on the left is aligned like that while the coin on the left is not. Could it be a counterfeit? Thoughts? Comments? Questions? Edited by jdsstrat 05/06/2025 8:36 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16805 Posts	Posted 05/06/2025 8:48 pm While you expect some variance for coins in the Indian States series, I would agree this one seems extra-odd. The missing bits in the date-characters imply to me the coin was struck over another coin, which was a rare but not unheard-of practice in India at the time. But I'm not sure simply "being overstruck" can explain all the oddities seen 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
jdsstrat Valued Member United States 258 Posts	Posted 05/06/2025 9:11 pm How common was counterfeiting? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16805 Posts	Posted 05/06/2025 10:35 pm I don't know, but there wasn't a lot of profit to be made for a counterfeiter with Indian coppers, unless the suspect coin is considerably underweight. 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
jdsstrat Valued Member United States 258 Posts	Posted 05/07/2025 05:45 am Not considerably, about .35 grams less than usual. Report this Post to the Staff
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