I did not notice while purchase because I was in a hurry during the end of last day of the exhibition. After reaching home, while examining it was noticed as fake. However, the seller accepted the coin when I returned the coin to the seller during Coin Fest Organised by Karnataka Numismatic Society. He let me choose another coin for this.
The fake Pandyan PMC
This fake coin was sold to me as Pandyan Punch Mark Coin during National Numismatic Exhibition, February this year. However, I did not think that I might be fooled to buy such a coin when I read about tooled coin forgery last year.
The original coin seems to be a highly worn out punch mark coin in which no symbols are visible. Using some tools like knife or screw driver, outline of fish is marked on the obverse and some mark as if river is marked on the reverse. Though the work is very crude and easily notisable, someone without much experience(like me!) can easily be fooled.
A genuine Pandyan PMC
I managed to buy a genuine Pandyan Punch mark coin later which has been published already. A preview of that can be found below.
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