One sentence haunted me, however: "'We are not yet aware of any other counterfeit coins like this one,' says Giovannelli." So that makes the counterfeit coin rarer than real antique money, right? And that makes it more valuable than solid silver or even authentic solid-silver antique coinage.
Maybe, I'm just not thinking about this clearly—it is a genuine fake, after all.
Not an earth-shattering insight, just funny strange.
COMMENTS
I have collected counterfeit versions of LPs and books (but, that probably won't surprise many of you by now.) It's interesting to see the varying quality of pressings or printings. It can be useful to compare the very good fakes side by side with the genuine article. Sometimes it's almost more fun to come across a fake because the real item is more common or you're so familiar with the genuine item that the fake is refreshing.
I have read of several re-creations of very old racing cars, which were openly called replicas, that were created from factory leftover bits and pieces many years ago. Then as time passed, these replicas acquired a certain amount of fame and value, changed owners for considerable sums, and built up histories of their own. As these cars came to require maintenance and restoration, and parts were replaced or rebuilt," many experts bemoaned the fact that these cars were no longer ""original!""
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