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Edge - Electrotype Edge with Joint Where Two Halves are Glued Together. 99 viewsEdge - Electrotype Edge with Joint Where Two Halves are Glued Together. From a British Museum set of Roman Republic Replica Coins (Robert Ready?). The seams are obvious and the coins were not meant to deceive. Joe Sermarini
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Edge - Electrotype Edge with Joint Where Two Halves are Glued Together616 viewsIf you note that a coin is glued from two parts (obverse and reverse) it is a guarantee it is fake, usually an electrotype. These fakes are often nearly perfect copies - except for the edge. This is an unmasked edge with a clear joint. Often the edge is masked but when observed carefully the joint is still visible. Ilya Prokopov
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Edge - Electrotype Edge with Joint Where Two Halves are Glued Together. 83 viewsEdge - Electrotype Edge with Joint Where Two Halves are Glued Together. From a British Museum set of Roman Republic Replica Coins (Robert Ready?). The seams are obvious and the coins were not meant to deceive. Joe Sermarini
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Edge - Electrotype Edge with Joint Where Two Halves are Glued Together. 78 viewsEdge - Electrotype Edge with Joint Where Two Halves are Glued Together. From a British Museum set of Roman Republic Replica Coins (Robert Ready?). The seams are obvious and the coins were not meant to deceive. Joe Sermarini
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Edge - Electrotype Edge with Joint Where Two Halves are Glued Together81 viewsEdge - Electrotype Edge with Joint Where Two Halves are Glued Together. From a British Museum set of Roman Republic Replica Coins (Robert Ready?). The seams are obvious and the coins were not meant to deceive. Joe Sermarini
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Edge - Electrotype Edge with Joint Where Two Halves are Glued Together439 viewsIf you note that a coin is glued from two parts (obverse and reverse) it is a guarantee it is fake, usually an electrotype. These fakes are often nearly perfect copies - except for the edge. This is an unmasked with a clear joint.Ilya Prokopov
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Edge - Electrotype (Galvanocopy) Stamped GB212 viewsSome electrotype copies of coins from the British Museum and are marked GB on the edge. Joe Sermarini
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Edge - Pressed Sestertius441 viewsCold pressed AE sestertius with fake patina on the edge. This edge could pass for genuine. Ilya Prokopov
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Edge - Pressed Bronze with Sharp Flan Edges365 viewsEdge of cold pressed bronze coin, with stuck fake patina. The edges are very sharp. There should be no wear on the coin. This is a fairly obvious fake patina. Ilya Prokopov
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Edge - Pressed Fake Sestertius532 viewsEdge of a fake pressed sestertius. Excessive CrackingIlya Prokopov
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Edge - Pressed Bronze378 viewsEdge of a machine pressed bronze coin with fake green patina.Ilya Prokopov
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Edge - Cold Pressed Sestertius528 viewsPressed AE sestertius.Ilya Prokopov
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Edge - Cold Pressed Sestertius509 viewsCold pressed AE sestertius.Ilya Prokopov
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Edge - Cast Sestertius588 viewsEdge of cast AE sestertius, with clear casting bubbles. Ilya Prokopov
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Edge - Cast Coin619 viewsCast edge with a seam. 1 comments
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Edge - Trimmed400 viewsTrimmed edge of fake silver roman coin.Ilya Prokopov
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Edge - Electrotype (Galvanocopy) Stamped RR (Robert Ready)124 viewsIn the late eighteenth to mid twentieth centuries electrotypes were made as originally officially sanctioned copies of specimens in public collections, including the Ashmolean and the British Museum. They were not meant to deceive, but were to be employed as teaching aids for numismatists who might not be able to see the genuine coins in the collection, and serve as display examples for individuals who wished to be able to have an example of specific coins. The majority of electrotype copies were produced by the British Museum, most under the auspices of Robert Cooper Ready and his sons between 1859 and 1931. A skilled seal maker and modeler, these electrotypes are known by the letters RR stamped on the coin’s edge. They are highly sought-after collectables in their own right. At one point, a large portion of the coin collection was electrotyped, which proved to be widely popular with Museum customers and art enthusiasts. However, later unscrupulous individuals used these electrotypes to deceive the unwary, and the British Museum halted the process. Joe Sermarini
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Edge - Cast Denarius693 viewsEdge of a cast AR Denarius.
Ilya Prokopov
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Edge - Electrotype Edge with Joint Where Two Halves are Glued Together307 viewsEdge of an Electrotype fake. Each side must be made separately and then glued together.

Ilya Prokopov
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Edge - Casting Flaw from Lack of Metal278 viewsEdge of cast tremissis.
Clearly visible - cavern (lack of metal), as well as small bubbles.
Ilya Prokopov
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Edge - File Marks or Machine Marks331 viewsEdge of the cast coin with traces of machine. Ilya Prokopov
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Edge - Inscribed with Small 'COPY'205 viewsInscribed with a small 'COPY'

Take care if you note some tooling in such a tiny part of the edge.
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Edge - Electrotype (Galvanocopy) Stamped RR (Robert Ready)154 viewsIn the late eighteenth to mid twentieth centuries electrotypes were made as originally officially sanctioned copies of specimens in public collections, including the Ashmolean and the British Museum. They were not meant to deceive, but were to be employed as teaching aids for numismatists who might not be able to see the genuine coins in the collection, and serve as display examples for individuals who wished to be able to have an example of specific coins. The majority of electrotype copies were produced by the British Museum, most under the auspices of Robert Cooper Ready and his sons between 1859 and 1931. A skilled seal maker and modeler, these electrotypes are known by the letters RR stamped on the coin’s edge. They are highly sought-after collectables in their own right. At one point, a large portion of the coin collection was electrotyped, which proved to be widely popular with Museum customers and art enthusiasts. However, later unscrupulous individuals used these electrotypes to deceive the unwary, and the British Museum halted the process. Joe Sermarini
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Edge - Casting Seam255 viewsThis is an obvious casting seam!okidoki
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