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<blockquote data-quote="Lehrbuch" data-source="post: 6847326" data-attributes="member: 6811402">No, I don't think that's very realistic. Most currencies have quite gross differences between the coins of different dominations. Different shapes, weights and sizes. Different denominations can be twice as big, or twice as heavy. By design it is easy to note whether or not coins are unusual. So, nobody familiar with the currency (i.e. it is the currency that they themselves routinely use) should be fooled just by a change in image, if they are able to physically inspect the coin too. They might not be able to quite identify that it is an illusion, but a gold coin that is the wrong dimensions and weight will be obvious cause for thought. Especially if there is a large amount of coins in question. Receiving one weird gold coin in payment isn't a big risk, receiving a whole chest full of strange gold coins is a bit suspicious.The only people who would be easily fooled would be those who were either too poor to have seen higher denominations, or people who mostly exist in a barter economy and so rarely deal with coins at all (i.e. probably only the rural poor).Absolutely. Foreign/ancient coins could be easier to mask with illusions. But foreign coins will also attract more rigorous inspection in the first place.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lehrbuch, post: 6847326, member: 6811402"] No, I don't think that's very realistic. Most currencies have quite gross differences between the coins of different dominations. Different shapes, weights and sizes. Different denominations can be twice as big, or twice as heavy. By [I]design[/I] it is easy to note whether or not coins are unusual. So, nobody familiar with the currency (i.e. it is the currency that they themselves routinely use) should be fooled just by a change in image, if they are able to physically inspect the coin too. They might not be able to quite identify that it is an illusion, but a gold coin that is the wrong dimensions and weight will be obvious cause for thought. Especially if there is a large amount of coins in question. Receiving one weird gold coin in payment isn't a big risk, receiving a whole chest full of strange gold coins is a bit suspicious. The only people who would be easily fooled would be those who were either too poor to have seen higher denominations, or people who mostly exist in a barter economy and so rarely deal with coins at all (i.e. probably only the rural poor). Absolutely. Foreign/ancient coins could be easier to mask with illusions. But foreign coins will also attract more rigorous inspection in the first place. [/QUOTE]

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