Any clue what this might be?

WorkingMan · November 10, 2003 11:53PM

Received pics from an overseas soldier, wondering what his silver coin is. He says he bought it a few days ago at a local flea market in Kosovo. Looks to be about the size of a half dollar.

Any clues?

jbsteven · November 10, 2003 11:55PM

gold copy of some sort?

MrEureka · November 10, 2003 11:57PM

It's a modern fantasy, not a coin. I've seen many of these offered recently.

coinguy1 · November 10, 2003 11:59PM

Dan,

That is not a real coin, but merely a mismatched replica of some type. The back looks like a US gold dollar, which would be much smaller (and obviously, would be made out of gold) and the front is similar to an Indian cent, but without the date. No real numismatic value.

WorkingMan · November 11, 2003 12:07AM

Thanks all!

I was thinking just about what Mark said, but I just wanted to get some more opinions before I answered back to the soldier.

Thanks for the help!

Outhaul · November 11, 2003 12:07AM

The picture isn't big enough...

Conder101 · November 11, 2003 1:26AM

I've been asked about those many times. It is basicly a 1 oz silver round. So far every one that has been reported to me has been described as being made of silver with a weight of one troy oz. And in most cases they have been purchased from bullion dealers. Usually in the middle east. The problem is they are not marked with the fineness so they are probaby not .999 and they are short on silver.

Any clue what this might be?

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