davidrj Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 Interesting new addition - Straits Settlements 1862, forgery with a genuine coin for comparisonlooks like a cast copy, oddly the 8 of the date was entered later Quote
Generic Lad Posted January 30, 2013 Posted January 30, 2013 That is very odd. Why would anyone go to the trouble of counterfeiting such a low-denomination coin? Quote
davidrj Posted January 31, 2013 Author Posted January 31, 2013 (edited) That is very odd. Why would anyone go to the trouble of counterfeiting such a low-denomination coin?Odd yes, but not unknown but far rarer in the 19th century than fake silver or goldGouby's catalogue illustrates two different forged bun pennies, both struck in bronze or copper, and both dated 1864I have two examples of cast European bronze "pennies" an 1878 Spanish 10 Centimos in brass, and an 1882 Greek 10 lepta in a white metalplus my problematic 1894 S.African penny in nickelAnyone here seen any forged British bronze? Edited January 31, 2013 by davidrj Quote
Accumulator Posted February 1, 2013 Posted February 1, 2013 That is very odd. Why would anyone go to the trouble of counterfeiting such a low-denomination coin?Odd yes, but not unknown but far rarer in the 19th century than fake silver or goldGouby's catalogue illustrates two different forged bun pennies, both struck in bronze or copper, and both dated 1864I have two examples of cast European bronze "pennies" an 1878 Spanish 10 Centimos in brass, and an 1882 Greek 10 lepta in a white metalplus my problematic 1894 S.African penny in nickelAnyone here seen any forged British bronze?I haven't specifically looked, but I've never been aware of any (thank goodness!!) Quote
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