As NMD68, KM-271. This is THE best we have seen of this interesting coin. Complete silver intact. A specimen far above average for this contemporary forgery. Pascal Paoli was behind one of the really big scandals in Christiania at the end of the 18th century, when he allowed quantities of fake silver coins to be spread in the city. He was convicted of counterfeiting and imprisoned at Munkholmen near Trondheim. We have tested this and the following piece with XRF and the metal tests around 83%CU and 13%ZN. Only trace evidence of silver. RARE opportunity. After seeing this with it's original silver layer, it is easy to understand how theese coins could be so easily mistaken for a genuine specimen. However when they wear down, the brass underneath shows and they get a yellowish tint.