FORGERY PATANI-KELANTAN GOLD KUPANG "IQAMUDDIN/MALIK AL ADIL" (SS50)

Fake Gold Kupang Patani-Kelantan SS50

Special thanks to MUZIUM MATAWANG NUSANTARA who posted and shared many articles on Malay States Sultanate counterfeit coinages on Facebook recently.

I found this item in Thailand. It is a piece of counterfeit Patani-Kelantan Gold Kupang SS50. " Iqamuddin"/ "Malik Al Adil"

It was rated as RRR in Mr. Saran Singh book "The Encyclopaedia of THE COINS OF MALAYSIA- SINGAPORE AND BRUNEI 1400-1967".

Obverse: In Arabic " Iqamuddin " ( Abode of the Faith).
COUNTERFEIT SS50 (OBVERSE)
 

ORIGINAL SS50 (OBVERSE)

Reverse: In Arabic " Malik Al Adil" (The Just Ruler).
COUNTERFEIT SS50 (REVERSE)
ORIGINAL SS50 (REVERSE)

Edge: Plain.

Weight: 0.29gm (Normal:0.6gm)

Diameter: 9.62mm

We used to encounter counterfeit gold Kupang or Mas from Southern region, but it starts to make me worry when the caveat emptors are start to forge the gold Kupangs from Northern region.

Please beware !!!

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