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Hi I have been playing with my camera and updating my gold coin collection. I stubled on this one again. Can anyone help with who made it and when. I assume it is a fantasy piece. It is the same size and weight of a half Sovereign and minted in gold (but probably not 22k as the colour is a bit melow).
Thanks in advance.
Hus

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  • dcamp78dcamp78 Posts: 1,082 ✭✭
    Great Britain - 1945 - Half penny.

    Are you sure it's gold? I believe it's struck on brass. Have you weighed it?

    If it does weigh out as gold, maybe it's one struck on the wrong planchet?

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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,816 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It has the look of a fantasy piece...

    edited to add: It could have been something made to commemorate the ending of WW II and sold as a souvenir at the Festival of Britain.
    I am just speculating here...

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  • ColinCMRColinCMR Posts: 1,482 ✭✭✭
    could it be gold plated?
  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,816 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ColinCMR:

    Nice thought... but unfortunately, that would be too easy... it is the size of a half Sovereign

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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,412 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My guess is that it was privately made for use in jewelry. Because it's low grade gold, it would be cheaper than using a real half sovereign.
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  • HussuloHussulo Posts: 2,953 ✭✭✭
    Thanks guys.
    Its gold its diameter is 19mm same as a half sovereign but it only weighs 3.25g opposed to the 4g weight of a half sovereign. Halfpennies of George V are 25mm and weigh 5.7g.
    I am also leaning towards fantasy peice, but I can't find any similar on the net?
  • HussuloHussulo Posts: 2,953 ✭✭✭
    Thanks Andy.
    You could be right, but in that case why not copy the St.George reverse like a half sovereign? Here they have obted for the half penny reverse instead.
  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,412 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You could be right, but in that case why not copy the St.George reverse like a half sovereign? Here they have obted for the half penny reverse instead.

    Anti-counterfeiting laws?
    Andy Lustig

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  • HussuloHussulo Posts: 2,953 ✭✭✭
    I]Anti-counterfeiting laws?
    Perhaps. That is certainly a possibility.
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,795 ✭✭✭✭✭
    MrEureka nailed it, I believe. It is a jewelry charm, not a coin. Whether there's any gold in it or whether it's just gold-plated, I don't know.

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  • My guess would be that it is probably gold plated. You don't give any information on the thickness, but a 19 mm coin would be the same size as a US cent. A 19mm copper cent weighs 3.1 grams compared to your 3.25 gram piece. If it is gold and that diameter it would have to be a third of the thickness of a cent. A cent is 1.2 mm thick so you piece would have to be around .4 mm thick. Is it really that thin?
  • HussuloHussulo Posts: 2,953 ✭✭✭
    I have cooperated it to a US cent and they seem almost identical in size and thickness. It could be gold plated but there are no signs of it being plated i.e. there is no flaking or non gold parts. It also has a small dig in front of George's face (seen on pick) but still appears to be gold under the dig. Is it possible that it is not 22ct but only 9ct? Would that explain why it is only slightly heavier than the cent?
    I think you are all correct it could be a jeweler’s piece, jewelry charm. It is nicely made though and doesn't appear to be cast so they must have made their own dies? Anybody else come across any other ones similar?
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