Is this 1776 Continental Currency Dollar cast or an Electrotype?

coinsarefun

And is there a way to tell its age?
It ways 19.6 grams, magnet does not stick to it.

To me it looks like an electrotype and the host coin was very worn....but I defer to the professionals











edge views and closeup pic's


















Dinolite microscope images

savoyspecial

cast copy, very common.....sold at historical site souvenir shoppes

AUandAG

where's the poll? I vote cast!

bob

what's it weigh?

coinsarefun

<< <i>where's the poll? I vote cast!

bob

what's it weigh? >>





19.6 grams

AUandAG

weigh, weigh, weigh!

lol



bob

NewEnglandRarities

<< <i>cast copy, very common.....sold at historical site souvenir shoppes >>



Hey Stef.

Yeah, I agree, this is a recently made cast copy made for museums or gift shops. An Electrotype made with any quality would not have those pebbly surfaces which are always found on cast replicas. I know it looks like an Electrotype seam around the edge, but that line is very common on lower quality casts as well, at least in my experience of seeing them.

coinsarefun

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<< <i>cast copy, very common.....sold at historical site souvenir shoppes >>



Hey Stef.

Yeah, I agree, this is a recently made cast copy made for museums or gift shops. An Electrotype made with any quality would not have those pebbly surfaces which are always found on cast replicas. I know it looks like an Electrotype seam around the edge, but that line is very common on lower quality casts as well, at least in my experience of seeing them. >>





That's the only thing I was worried about.
The cruddy surfaces. Then I noticed the seam
and the magnet did not stick. So I thought either it was
a crude electrotype or cruddy host coin... Oh well $3 chance

ormandh

I see these pretty often. I think that they were sold in gift shops of various National parks before making it mandatory to stamp copy on replicas. -Dan

PerryHall

Cast coin complete with a seam on the edge where the two halves of the mold came together.

TPRC

<< <i>Cast coin complete with a seam on the edge where the two halves of the mold came together. >>

PerryHall

Really great looking pics. Did you take them?

coinsarefun

<< <i>Really great looking pics. Did you take them? >>






Yes, to bad its not an electrotype



Well..........I still have my Isabella Electrotype

ricko

Yep... cast coin... but great photography..... Cheers, RickO

BillJones

Cast copy ...

Woolworth's in Boston used to sell these for $1 each in the 1979. I picked through the pile until I found one that did not have "COPY" on it.