Tipu - opinion needed

[coin_lover]

https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=257769

Listed on ebay US.
Thank you

[theshredplayer]

This coin was purchased from Steve Album. Highly unlikely that it is fake for the reasons mentioned on Zeno. Also see, Z-72004 a similar example, Jan's upload. I would have sent it to NGC, if you had taken the $100 bet. They do an XRF on anything that looks suspicious.

[theshredplayer]

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ao7M3atNiMuIg5Mi0Hro2_43zrMwDg?e=iv6rej

Actual Photos in the link. It is not a cast like you had suggested.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/154051309108

[coin_lover]

Well few modern fakes are also machine made.
I am not certain but this is doubtful piece.
Can you confirm the weight

https://m.snapdeal.com/product/india-mysore-state-tipu-sultan/685855502090?supc=SDL987803363&utm_source=earth_web&utm_medium=687_1199&utm_content=685855502090&vendorCode=Sf8539&isSellerPage=true&fv=true&isSellerPage=true&fv=true&utm_source=earth_ssc&utm_campaign=snapdeal_pla_account_pla_ftu&utm_medium=&utm_term=431692758205_100710059219&gclid=Cj0KCQjws536BRDTARIsANeUZ5-_dta1Y6hNYHAnOk27NxgwsJlMKhgJWTYM8VJ4QccFmvVr4Tx4HzkaAhcfEALw_wcB

[theshredplayer]

Weight: 11.09g

Diameter: 25.8mm

Die Axes: 12 o' Clock

If it was a fake, someone would have already said so, and it would have been in Fakes/Fantasy category on Zeno by now. Thanks for sharing the above link, my coin is in no way related to that coin. 

[coin_lover]

the coin is genuine, I have had my friends look at it , one said 50-50, other said 80 to 20 another said that this is genuine.

what convinced was that when the seller told me this is from a lot of coins from the 80s.

[theshredplayer]

Thanks for sharing the result. I have had a reply from Steve which was affirmative. It was purchased from SARC as a part of a Collection. I believe Jan has seen it as well but hasn't responded yet. 

Even the best of numismatists have to do a physical examination to deem a coin fake or genuine. And the first thing they do is look at the edge. Metric data and die-identity is further down the list. The coin under a 10x loupe seems genuine, in fact very pretty. If it was a cast, I would have found the irregularity on the edge or surface. I wish I had spent more time taking the photos, but I had 265 other coins to photograph.