Sadly, what you have here is not a real coin. It is a fairly crude replica of an Athenian "owl" tetradrachm. This particular replica, with what I call the "two-planks-of-wood wings" and the "Edvard Munch eyes" on the owl, is one that crops up quite frequently on the internet forums. It was apparently mass-produced and given away by Reader's Digest or some similar company as part of a promotion for a book. They often seem to come in the same kind of cheap airtight case. There are numerous examples posted on the FORVM fake database; Here's one.
Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one. Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations"
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Sadly, what you have here is not a real coin. It is a fairly crude replica of an Athenian "owl" tetradrachm. This particular replica, with what I call the "two-planks-of-wood wings" and the "Edvard Munch eyes" on the owl, is one that crops up quite frequently on the internet forums. It was apparently mass-produced and given away by Reader's Digest or some similar company as part of a promotion for a book. They often seem to come in the same kind of cheap airtight case. There are numerous examples posted on the FORVM fake database; Here's one.
Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations"
Apparently I have been awarded one DPOTD.
This was posted on a firearms site, not mine.
Thank You for confirming my suspicions.