Very new to this!!! Just have a few questions

bighurt711

I know practically nothing about collecting coins but is interested in learning. I was going through my dads stuff and came across a few things.
I dont know if these two coins i have here are replicas or are just really large. I have a 1877 buffalo cent. and a 1913 nickel. Both Large coins. Will someone just comment on this. I do not know anything about coins. thank you so much. They are not the small ones, but very large coins. I would put pics up, but they exceed the maximum size.

mark

BigE

Hi Mark, I believe I have some of those too. Look on the back, it will probably say COPY there somewhere, they are reproductions and are used as coasters----------BigE

RegistryCoin

They sound like "repli-coins", not manufactured by the US mint. Just a guess.

MAULUMALL

Welcome, Russ is busy looking at a couple scans for me.
So in his name I ask,Got Any Halfs

Placid

Do they look like this?

Or this?

BigE

Oh boy! It looks like my set could be worth up to 15.00-------BigE

prooflike

Welcome, and it appears you have replica coins.

nwcs

Welcome to the boards. As the others mentioned, you have some replicas.

bighurt711

Yes, it looked like the second one.. Thanks alot for the info..
mark

braddick

<< <i>Hi Mark, I believe I have some of those too. Look on the back, it will probably say COPY there somewhere, they are reproductions and are used as coasters----------BigE >>



Depending on the size they may or may not have COPY on them.
The super big ones don't- I guess even the Government figures no bonehead would think they're real. . .

nwcs

No, they don't have to have COPY unless it is an exact copy. Those CC morgan replicas and the 1933 saint replicas do not copy the design fully. They move around some elements to keep it from looking like the original.

Geoman

Mark,
Welcome to the boards. I hope you stick around. Let me tell you that I just joined a few months ago, and have learned a lot here. It's the best source for info on the net about coin collecting!

ricko

Welcome to the boards.. enjoy, learn and share. Cheers, RickO

BigE

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<< <i>Hi Mark, I believe I have some of those too. Look on the back, it will probably say COPY there somewhere, they are reproductions and are used as coasters----------BigE >>



Depending on the size they may or may not have COPY on them.
The super big ones don't- I guess even the Government figures no bonehead would think they're real. . . >>

That's exactly what I said Pat, "probably"!--------------------BigE

richbeat

Welcome aboard!