Luxembourg Sol Coin Misprint?(!!large Imagaes!!)

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legwagon New Member United States 19 Posts	Posted 12/23/2013 6:50 pm Hey everyone this is my first post of many. I've been collecting coins for as long as I can remember thanks to my grandfather. I got this coin a while back from a friend. It was in with a whole bunch of British Half Pennies. From the research I've done it is a luxembourg sol coin. My question is.. Why is there no markings on the back? Is this an error or a fake? Or is this a normal occurrence with all the circulation? Thanks Ryan Report this Post to the Staff

nalaberong Pillar of the Community Canada 2805 Posts	Posted 12/23/2013 7:34 pm It looks like it is just very worn down. Nice coin, though! Report this Post to the Staff
dooly Valued Member United Kingdom 348 Posts	Posted 12/24/2013 06:11 am To me it sound like they have rubbed down the size of the coin so it could pass as a English coin people do it with Canada 5 cent coins here in the UK so they can add them to bags and put them in the bank Report this Post to the Staff
thai-vic Pillar of the Community Thailand 1509 Posts	Posted 12/24/2013 07:26 am Can't think why or how an English person would come across a 1 Sol coin from Luxembourg from the 18th century and then proceed to wear down the reverse to pass it off as an English halfpenny. Just natural wear. Maybe stuck face down in running water which would wear one side down. And welcome to the community legwagon. Report this Post to the Staff
dooly Valued Member United Kingdom 348 Posts	Posted 12/24/2013 10:50 am Hi there was a massive shortage of copper coinage during the king George II & III period with mass usage of fakes & other coins re-stamped also a lot of trade in copper was happening and a trader would have just weighed the bag of copper coins and taken it in payment also had hunderds of coins of this period from seas & rivers and all have a pitting to the surface Report this Post to the Staff
nalaberong Pillar of the Community Canada 2805 Posts	Posted 12/24/2013 11:44 am Have you got any Canadian "shaved nickels" on hand? I am interested in modern coins that have been modified to pass in vending machines and the like. Report this Post to the Staff
legwagon New Member United States 19 Posts	Posted 12/24/2013 3:56 pm Thank you all for the quick replies! The group consensus is it is very warn down. Report this Post to the Staff
bart Pillar of the Community Belgium 651 Posts	Posted 12/26/2013 09:57 am This is indeed a very worn coin. I have a Luxembourgian 3 sols of Leopold II, and although the reverse is not totally worn away, it is also very worn. Report this Post to the Staff
legwagon New Member United States 19 Posts	Posted 12/26/2013 9:31 pm Nice coin. Thank you for the reply. Report this Post to the Staff
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