Pics of my 1868 Spanish coin.......gold?

raiderborg

First, thanks for the responses in my previous message.

I've got links attached of the front and back of this coin (how can I put pics directly on messages?) and I have
more questions about the coin:

Like.......is this actually a gold coin?

And.......PCGS won't grade it, because of the hole, correct?
And/or maybe because the condition of it otherwise?

Does it have any kind of value, gold or not, even with the hole in it?

Whether it's worth anything or not, I like the coin, and it has a home in my collection


Just nice to know what it is exactly.....Thanks to all, great people around here.

farthing

You are correct, PCGS would not grade it because of the hole

tbirde56

Try near the bottom of this Page for more info. It should weigh 8.387 grams if genuine. A 'gold' coin with a hole is highly suspect. The edge 'cudding' is a clue that it may be a copy.
Mine:


Raiderborg's:

lordmarcovan

As Brad mentioned, base metal, gold-plated copies (usually holed, and sometimes off-sized) are very common for these Isabella II coins. I had one that a detecting buddy of mine mine dug at an old homesite here in Georgia, where a house had once stood sometime around the 1870s. Most of the gold plating had come off it during its century or so in the ground. I guess they were charms of some sort.

PCGS would not grade that because of the hole, true. And even if it were unholed, I suspect you have another one of these copies, or charms, whatever they are. Yours is most likely gilt brass.

Interesting, that bit on Brad's page about it being a wedding charm. I guess that makes sense.

I will say this: as my friend's detector find attests, these pieces, while not genuine gold coins, probably ARE roughly contemporary to the dates on them- they're fakes, but they're 19th century fakes.

ColinCMR

<< <i>probably ARE roughly contemporary to the dates on them- they're fakes, but they're 19th century fakes. >>



which makes them cool!