Is nothing sacred anymore?

MrEureka

What will they think of next? Link.

laurentyvan

I know I'm missing something,
so for all the others
who are equally confused,
elucidation please!

coinpictures

I assume the implication is that it is a counterfeit.

What are the diagnostics?

MrEureka

I assume the implication is that it is a counterfeit.

That is correct, although now I'm not so sure exactly what we're looking at. On the one hand, the countermark (for Castlecomer Colliery, Kilkenny, circa 1815-19) is definitely wrong. The real countermark has many raised horizontal lines in the center of the mark. The mark without those lines is a known fake. On the other hand, it's possible that the whole thing was cast from a real coin with a fake countermark, which was my initial thought. If that's the case, these guys will counterfeit anything.

MrEureka

BTW, I'll take this opportunity to plug the best book on the series, "Tokens of the Industrial Revolution: Foreign silver Coins Countermarked for use in Great Britain, c. 1787-1828", by H.E. Manville. It's one of the best numismatic works to come out in the past decade.

Scioto

There's always the Corvette Dollar with working headlights.


"Own the first, most unique, legal tender car coin ever struck."


- Most unique?

Daltonista

And they protect your investment by guaranteeing that it "will never be released for circulation!"
Can't go wrong with that, right?