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coinpalicecoinpalice Posts: 2,453 ✭✭✭✭✭


does anyone know what this is and the value? a friend of mine wants me to sell it for him, but i don't collect this kind of stuff, doesn't look that valuable to me.

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  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,169 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 8, 2020 10:43PM

    The design is a 1781 Bar Cent. The bars look off though.

    https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/bar-cent-bn/599

  • cointimecointime Posts: 2,013 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I would say a Copper Bar cent

  • coinpalicecoinpalice Posts: 2,453 ✭✭✭✭✭

    thank you, appreciate the help

  • lcutlerlcutler Posts: 556 ✭✭✭✭

    Definitely a replica.

  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Same as above!

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,418 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'd say maybe cooper as well. Jmo

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Appears to be copper, however, that 'coin' will require authentication....Cheers, RickO

  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 13,617 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ricko said:
    Appears to be copper, however, that 'coin' will require authentication....Cheers, RickO

    It sure looks like a copy to me.

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,234 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Being a replica, it could be pot metal with a copper coating.

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  • silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,692 ✭✭✭✭✭

    either send it in to be graded or have a coin shop look at it, that way you will have somewhere to start and then go from there, plus you will have some idea of what you have

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  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,325 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's a copy of what is known as a Bar cent. These were sold for many years at historic sites, along with other copies of varying quality, and oftentimes along with modern "parchment" fashioned as replica or fantasy currency. The production and sales of these items were largely before the Hobby Protection Act of the mid-1970s and, thus, most have no notation of their modern origin.

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  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,010 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Known examples of the bar cent shall give you the difference in the width and shapes of that side of an authentic coin. Peace Roy

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  • coinpalicecoinpalice Posts: 2,453 ✭✭✭✭✭

    he just e mailed me and told me it was in a lot of silver and wheat cents he bought years ago for 50 dollars, so he doesn't have much of anything in it, so that's a good thing.

  • NewEnglandRaritiesNewEnglandRarities Posts: 1,133 ✭✭✭✭
    edited August 9, 2020 12:16PM

    As others have said, this is a fairly modern copy and worth very little unfortunately. There are so many different copies of this coin based I assume on how well-known and also how easy it is to copy. The copies such as yours were even sold in museum shops. Anyway, wish I had better news for you.

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  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,782 ✭✭✭✭✭

    BAR cent, reminds me, I need a beer!

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