40 Reis Brazil 1824 [решено]

Bought this coin on a fleamarket today.

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces22119.html

Looked genuine to me. Checked the size and weight at home. 34.5 mm and 12.8 grams which differs a lot from the on listed on numista.

what do you thin? Fake or not?

no reason to think it is a fake.
I was just browsing ebay, that coin seem plentiful and not expensive.
examples for sale in the US$10-30 range look like that.

Цитата: "Mr. Midnight"​no reason to think it is a fake.
​I was just browsing ebay, that coin seem plentiful and not expensive.
​examples for sale in the US$10-30 range look like that.
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​No reason for making chinese copies, but there are many contemporary counterfeits. But they're more common for Bahia coins (counterfeiting was out of control in the interior on that period), I think Rio de Janeiro fakes are rare.


Yours is fine, the thin lines inside the shield are hard to copy perfectly (I have 2 contemporary fakes to compare). I have one identical to yours (with nearly the same size discrepancy), I think it's just a smaller than average die.

Yes, I have seen those. I paid only 5 €. I think a good deal. I just wonder why the size is so much smaller.

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​Yours is fine, the thin lines inside the shield are hard to copy perfectly (I have 2 contemporary fakes to compare). I have one identical to yours (with nearly the same size discrepancy), I think it's just a smaller than average die.

​Thank you. Makes me feel better!

That one is missing in my 'fakes/forgeries' collection...