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Can you help me identify these coins?

smilessmiles Posts: 4
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I am looking for any inforamtion you can provide on these coins. The dates are 1882 and 1896. Thanks for your help.

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  • ldhairldhair Posts: 7,232 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image
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  • FullStepJeffsFullStepJeffs Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭
    are they actually coins? or just someones artistic rendition?
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  • smilessmiles Posts: 4
    They are actually coins. Sorry the scan isn't very good.
  • JoesMaNameJoesMaName Posts: 1,064 ✭✭✭
    They look like attempts at making one sided cast (counterfeit) copies, first is of a morgan dollar the second a 20 dollar piece - I would guess both are mostly copper - or even chocolate!

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  • smilessmiles Posts: 4
    They do appear to be copper and they are one sided. thanks.
  • nwcsnwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭
    Looks like an electroplate used for copying. What does the other side look like?
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  • smilessmiles Posts: 4
    The other side is blank and flat. These coins were on wood and varnished which accounts for the splotchy look. Thanks for your inforamtion.

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