Is My 1 Schilling Biafra A Fake? - Coin Community Forum

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weavus135 Pillar of the Community United States 539 Posts	Posted 02/20/2010 7:44 pm so I've been buying from ebay for a long time and to my knowledge have never received a fake. But I've not really spent $30 on a coin until I did on this 1969 Biafra 1 schilling. The reason I am asking is when you flip the coin the alignment of the reverse is not exact. It is a coin alignment but it is off by a few degrees. This seems like it could be normal but I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts. The pictures on the ebay listing can be found by looking up item #280463234167. Obvioulsy you cannot see both sides at the same time but this is the coin I received. Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 02/20/2010 11:17 pm Link to ebay item. First off, a minor correction; Biafra was an ex-British colony, so "shilling" has the British spelling. "Schilling" is the German spelling. I would think "a few degrees off" from perfection is well within tolerances - especially given that Biafra was conducting a civil war at the time and couldn't afford to be too fussy about quality control. I wouldn't worry about it. 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
weavus135 Pillar of the Community United States 539 Posts	Posted 02/21/2010 12:09 am thank you Sap. I was hoping there wasn't a well know forgery for this coin!! I'm not a big spended and this was a lot for me for a single coin. And of course, thanks for the correction on my spelling of the shilling. Report this Post to the Staff
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