Does Spanish Doubloon Bull Have The Best Anti-Counterfeiting System right now?

[sori]

The spanish doubloon 2022 (The Bull) has the inclusion on the obverse of a security measure patented by the Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre - Real Casa de la Moneda itself, the quadruple latent image. This security measure makes it possible to see four different images in the same space on the coin, depending on the incidence of light and the angle at which it is viewed. The coin features the mintmark, a five-pointed star, the graphic euro symbol and the silhouette of the "pillar of Hercules".

The effect is achieved on the metal, engraving a succession of square-based pyramids.
Each face of the pyramid works as a pixel so that all sides with the same orientation form a complete image.

 

 

The Spanish Royal Mint (FMNT) patented the system with two faces long time ago, now the patent is expired and other mints like the Royal English Mint, used this kind of images with to faces, and because of that, the FMNT invented the system with four faces.

You can see the system. From 3:00 minut.

 

What do you think? Is that the best system anti-counterfeiting that you cand find in a coin gold or not, right now?

Edited December 2, 2022 by sori

[SheepStacker]

All that effort on counterfeiting, and none on the actual design. I can put up with a small horse **** on my Sovereigns, but that bull **** is a bit obscene, at least for this Torero.

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Terrible QC as well, imagine using a comma instead a fullstop?! 🤣

[daca]

13 minutes ago, SheepStacker said:

Terrible QC as well, imagine using a comma instead a fullstop?! 🤣

In EU using  "," is common when dealing with fraction of a number.

[SheepStacker]

Just now, daca said:

In EU using  "," is common when dealing with fraction of a number.

Yes I'm aware, was a poor attempt at humour.

[daca]

26 minutes ago, SheepStacker said:

Yes I'm aware, was a poor attempt at humour.

Oops, my bad. As a non native english speaker some humor escapes me.

[PhilOdgny]

Haha, tempted to get one of these just to own a doubloon!!! Arrrrr, Jim lad!

[AgCoyote]

Just a beautiful coin in every way. I hope Spain eventually mints these in 1/4 and 1/2 ounces.

[Britannia47]

Just reminds me of the obscenity of bull-fighting.....!🤧 

[sori]

On 02/12/2022 at 17:17, SheepStacker said:

All that effort on counterfeiting, and none on the actual design. I can put up with a small horse **** on my Sovereigns, but that bull **** is a bit obscene, at least for this Torero.

Terrible QC as well, imagine using a comma instead a fullstop?! 🤣

Sorry, but the Monty Pithon are better comedians than you.

[MonkeysUncle]

11 hours ago, sori said:

Sorry, but the Monty Pithon are better comedians than you.

I am not aware of the work of this Mr Pithon of which you speak? 😉

[MonkeysUncle]

On a serious note I do like to see security measures.

Having just spent the evening dismembering some "Swiss" items that go tick tock I can say these Chinese lads are on top of their game!

Wonder how long it'll be before the fakers perfect the clever security measure on the coin?

[SheepStacker]

1 minute ago, MonkeysUncle said:

Having just spent the evening dismembering some "Swiss" items that go tick tock I can say these Chinese lads are on top of their game!

Wonder how long it'll be before the fakers perfect the clever security measure on the coin?

There is a flip-side to this story, how long before the Chinese can market a cheap metal analyser solution to us plebeians in the West?

 

[MonkeysUncle]

They've been doing that for years... how good the goodies are I have no idea!

Example:

https://m.alibaba.com/product/60229414059/Electronic-Gold-Purity-Testing-Machine-Gold.html?s=p

[Silverlocks]

On 02/12/2022 at 16:36, SheepStacker said:

Yes I'm aware, was a poor attempt at humour.

Best to stick to double entendre about masturbation.

Edited December 6, 2022 by Silverlocks

[Silverlocks]

23 hours ago, SheepStacker said:

There is a flip-side to this story, how long before the Chinese can market a cheap metal analyser solution to us plebeians in the West?

 

If Alibaba is to be believed, somebody's flogging XRF machines for about £1,900,  Pretty sure that's not right, though.  Also, good luck sourcing parts for it when it sh1ts its X-ray tube, or getting it calibrated.

[sori]

On 05/12/2022 at 23:27, MonkeysUncle said:

I am not aware of the work of this Mr Pithon of which you speak? 😉

The Monty Pithon is the improved version of the Monty Python. Which is the original and which is the copy? It's hard to know.

[sori]

The new 2023 edition has the same  anti-counterfeiting system 

 

[n1k0s]

I wish gold eagles had adopted sonething similar instead of the rediculous missing reed