<< <i>I believe it's a reproduction, but still one of my favorite coins >>
Appears to be a copy.
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I get offered those at least........every day by someone who "found it" or "inherited it" and prolly 75% of the time "has been in the family many years" . It appears to be a cheap copy.
<< <i>How does one tell it's a copy ? What should the weight be ? >>
Looks like a crudely cast fake. These were made by the thousands to sell as souveniers to tourists at gift shops and were never intended to fool serious coin collectors.
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I cannot dismiss this as a copy based on your photos.
A quick way to determine if it is a copy is to examine the edge. Genuine examples of this type have an interlocking leaf pattern on the edge; most copies have a plain edge.
As a side note, absence of the word COPY is not proof of authenticity - the majority of modern cast copies I have seen do not say COPY on them.
Not being familiar with these I took a look at coinfacts images as well as heritage archive photos and none that I could see had the pronounced cut-in ornamental details on the lower serifs of the letters. This feature struck my eye right away for it is how the serifs are treated on some of Feuchtwangers token lettering.
The OP coin has a cast look about it. Id say for the OP to take a good look through heritage archive photos (a long page of them) and see if he can pick out die markers that match. I didnt see any.
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<< <i>I believe it's a reproduction, but still one of my favorite coins
Appears to be a copy.
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<< <i>I believe it's a reproduction, but still one of my favorite coins
Appears to be a copy. >>
and a bad one too
Coin's for sale/trade.
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<< <i>How does one tell it's a copy ? What should the weight be ? >>
Looks like a crudely cast fake. These were made by the thousands to sell as souveniers to tourists at gift shops and were never intended to fool serious coin collectors.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
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A quick way to determine if it is a copy is to examine the edge. Genuine examples of this type have an interlocking leaf pattern on the edge; most copies have a plain edge.
As a side note, absence of the word COPY is not proof of authenticity - the majority of modern cast copies I have seen do not say COPY on them.
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The OP coin has a cast look about it. Id say for the OP to take a good look through heritage archive photos (a long page of them) and see if he can pick out die markers that match. I didnt see any.