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levinlllevinll Posts: 1,231 ✭✭✭
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walked into my store. A piece of history.

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  • STONESTONE Posts: 15,275 ✭
    I believe it's a reproduction, but still one of my favorite coins image
  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,800 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I believe it's a reproduction, but still one of my favorite coins image >>



    image

    and

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I believe it's a reproduction, but still one of my favorite coins image >>



    Appears to be a copy.
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  • crypto79crypto79 Posts: 8,623 ✭


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    << <i>I believe it's a reproduction, but still one of my favorite coins image >>



    Appears to be a copy. >>



    and a bad one too
  • mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,858 ✭✭✭
    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.

    Coin's for sale/trade.


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  • levinlllevinll Posts: 1,231 ✭✭✭
    How does one tell it's a copy ? What should the weight be ?
  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,453 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <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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  • AnkurJAnkurJ Posts: 11,375 ✭✭✭✭
    I hope you didn't pay too much for it.
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  • levinlllevinll Posts: 1,231 ✭✭✭
    Didn't buy it. It's going to the main store for a look-see.
  • coinman420coinman420 Posts: 4,666 ✭
    look around the edge with a loupe for the word copy.
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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 31,722 ✭✭✭✭✭
    a copy (jmho). good to have for a referance i guess
  • CoinlearnerCoinlearner Posts: 2,569 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks like a worn copy...Just for fun,here is a "GALLERY MINT" copy..imageimageimage
  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 25,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks like a low quality copy.
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  • ColonialCoinUnionColonialCoinUnion Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭
    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.

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  • levinlllevinll Posts: 1,231 ✭✭✭
    Here are some close ups.

    Close up #1

    Close up #2
  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 25,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The photos are of such poor quality that a firm judgement isn't possible. I'm still guessing it is a fake, but who knows?
    All glory is fleeting.
  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 14,326 ✭✭✭✭✭
    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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