What is this thing? UK 1/2 guinea maybe?
zeebob
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What on earth is this thing?
It came out of a little brown coin envelope that read "1/2 guinuea 1701?"
It appears to be George III but the reverse has 1701. What's up with that? 1701 was Edward and Mary time. G3 was in power during the American Revolution.
This coin does not appear to me to be gold.
The coin does not stick to a magnet.
The coin outside diameter is 21.78 mm (0.8575 inches) measured with calipers calibrated to 0.0005 inches.
The coin rim thickness is 0.59 mm (0.023 inches).
The thickness across the bust is 0.85 mm (0.0335").
The weight is 2.0 grams (sorry, scale only calibrated to 0.1 gram).
The coin looks a little more yellowish in hand than in the photos. I had to take the photo on the hood of my car at lunch, so the white balance was tweaked a bit. The white on the car's hood looks okay, but the coin looks more brown in the photo than in hand.
Is this some sort of reproduction or counterfeit? What's it worth? Do I slab it? Sell it? Toss it in the sandbox at the park?
It came out of a little brown coin envelope that read "1/2 guinuea 1701?"
It appears to be George III but the reverse has 1701. What's up with that? 1701 was Edward and Mary time. G3 was in power during the American Revolution.
This coin does not appear to me to be gold.
The coin does not stick to a magnet.
The coin outside diameter is 21.78 mm (0.8575 inches) measured with calipers calibrated to 0.0005 inches.
The coin rim thickness is 0.59 mm (0.023 inches).
The thickness across the bust is 0.85 mm (0.0335").
The weight is 2.0 grams (sorry, scale only calibrated to 0.1 gram).
The coin looks a little more yellowish in hand than in the photos. I had to take the photo on the hood of my car at lunch, so the white balance was tweaked a bit. The white on the car's hood looks okay, but the coin looks more brown in the photo than in hand.
Is this some sort of reproduction or counterfeit? What's it worth? Do I slab it? Sell it? Toss it in the sandbox at the park?
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These brass "spade guineas," along with other imitations of George III gold
coins, were used as game counters, if I recall correctly. Think poker chips.
No value to speak of...seelling reguallry on eBay, when they sell at all,
for well under $10 each, usually under $5.
Someone else on the forum may be able to provide the name/author
of a catalog that lists these, but I can't recall ever having seen a reference
work for them myself. Scads of varieties out there!
Best to all!
Tom
Proud (but humbled) "You Suck" Designee, February 2010.
W Bryce Neilson
2003
Galata Print
"A checklist of imitation guineas and their fractions"