Fake Bengal Presidency Rupee

[veeraiahchoudary6]

Below is a fake Bengal Presidency Rupee I came across from a dealer in Portugal. The coin weighs 8.3 Gms.
Looks like a real one with all the dirt around the coin. Dealer returned the money after realizing that it is a fake.

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Unfortunately, making a coin dirty is not that difficult. Any 3-year old can do it without any effort This coin looks cast to me (as far as I can judge from the picture,) so it should fail the "ping" test. The colour is way off also, but that could be the lighting or camera setting. This forgery should not fool an advanced collector, but a Portuguese dealer may be excused. Reimbursing the coin was the right thing to do, but now, it should either be marked "copy" or destroyed.

Peter