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| | Identified by ANgo Saxon Coins (Counterfeit) See. Item 660. "A respected and experienced coin dealer contacted me in late January 2023 to confirm that this dubious type is indeed counterfeit. He reported that the specimen he inspected, shown here, was cast, has a grainy, artificially filed surface (to reduce weight to the norm, presumably), and has spots of iron staining. It isn't as glossy as the specimen illustrated in GCASE and is of a paler hue, but is identical in shape, which is virtually impossible for this coinage, as it is minted without a collar. It is being offered for £8,000 ( and as a contemporary imitation on eBay) by someone ostensibly credible, possibly the "finder" whose identity is known and who, conceivably, has been duped by a "seeded" fake." |