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NumiFan Valued Member Poland 136 Posts	Posted 08/24/2025 04:36 am Hi, I'm trying to find out if this Tael is the genuine one. I've tried to look through 'A catalogue of Sycee in the British Museum' by Joe Cribb but it's far too much challenging topic for me so I'll much appreciate any help/hints regarding this part of coin/money collecting. This one seems to be made of silver and it's 96 grams. Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 08/24/2025 2:19 pm @num, I can't help you with authenticity as I only know this type peripherally. I definitely recommend confirming (non-destructively) that it is silver as a first step. "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
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 08/25/2025 09:13 am An interesting piece. I have never seen one before. I hope it proves to be authentic. 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
numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11880 Posts	Posted 08/25/2025 9:42 pm https://goccf.com/t/98680 This prior thread has a tael that is almost identical to yours (top one). Seems to suggest it is a fake often sold as a souvenir. I also saw the auction in Warsaw attempting to sell this item calling it a 20th century piece. I would not bid on that action lot. The tael you posted also looks more like it is made of bronze than silver. IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website:https://fairfaxcoins.com Edited by numismatic student 08/25/2025 10:21 pm Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3831 Posts	Posted 08/26/2025 05:40 am Looks too uniform to be genuine. I highly doubt that it's silver. If it does test silver, it could be silver plated. Sg test may help. My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
NumiFan Valued Member Poland 136 Posts	Posted 08/26/2025 09:39 am Yeah, it looks nice but I also guess that the best option is that it's silver plated. Thank You all for hints and feedbacks. Maybe someone has kind of similar piece in a collection? Please share a photo if You have something like that. Report this Post to the Staff
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