Tibet Silver 1/2 Rupee - Fake or Rare type?

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Hi, I have come across this Tibet ½ Rupee from around 1904(?).  Exact design (face details) is not one I have come across before and looks different to others I have seen online - it almost looks too good and well defined which may be good or bad?  It's size (24mm) and weight (5.6g check out) but it failed the ting test on an app I have to deepen the mystery - can anyone please help identify if fake or not and if genuine the possible year?  Just to add it's possible the fineness is not the standard .935 or even sometimes reported .75 which is why it failed ting test.

Thema verschoben nach "Numismatic questions" (ZacUK, 5 Jun. 2022, 14:08)

No one else knows either :(

One of the most forged coins 

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No doubt given Chinese origin and potential value, what's your view on this one?

rugiada74

No doubt given Chinese origin and potential value, what's your view on this one?

Have a nice day and stress-free health.

      So no one wants to get involved in controversy, and otherwise it is a very unpopular topic here. For example, if you put a cat or a hamster here, a lot of colleagues would start-but coins- it's here,, a very unpopular topic,,      -it's humor ,, my,,

 

Seriously, now: I have never seen a coin I do not know and I have never had or studied one.

But I will express my observations with what I am doing, before disability I was a master of ,,pleating ,,machines-nickel, lead, copper and, in experiments, silver and gold.

now I apply the patina on my own coin more for fun on various metals. And so I will only comment on the patina-which is on silver.

 

Many people here would like to say that this coin is "cleaned", it just has a lot of questions how is it somewhere else not etc. It's just that I have a theory that the patina is artificially applied, then she was wiped off with a cloth, and then the details are reapplied under a small brush microscope.

It is a production and the employee sometimes puts a patina in the hole and omits it right next to it.

And the question is clear why? Silver is not a jerk, it is a metal.

notice where the patina is and where it is not and should be:

   

 

So I as a person would have a problem accepting it, but it's just my opinion and I'm wrong too. And the damage that's on the coin, I mean the holes, their origin would also ask me a question.

I have a clear intention to highlight one side above the other, but when I know it has been applied artificially, it doesn't make sense, this is an important time.

It is my opinion. ( And again abbreviated in one word .....)

Ivan

Thanks Ivan, any input appreciated.  Just to note there are no holes on the coins that I can tell, it looks to be black specks.

Have a nice day.

      These dots are flooded with a patina below the level in the depression. And others next to the braid have not been patina applied and there are depressions on the right side.

  

 

Yes, you have the coin in your hands, I only comment on the photos. But for me, these are clues that convince me of something.

,, Nature is a great witch but man is a jerk,,

 

Ivan

They look like casting bubbles 

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Meaning it's a replica?

Your round object has been cast. First indication for me is the bubbles, makes me check the edges of the round object. Casting flash can be clearly seen on your first picture. Square corner where the molds didn’t fit quite correctly. You can also tell that it was heads up when it was poured. You can call it fake or a replica but it is not a coin in my opinion.

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Thanks all.

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