I'm A New Member Please Help Me Identify This Coin It's A Estate Sale Find

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Hook New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 01/31/2018 2:45 pm Report this Post to the Staff

scopru Pillar of the Community United States 5029 Posts	Posted 01/31/2018 3:02 pm to CCF. I am sure someone will be along shortly to give some insight to this item. Report this Post to the Staff
Hook New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 01/31/2018 3:06 pm Thank you Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189219 Posts	Posted 01/31/2018 3:19 pm to the Community! Your post was moved to the appropriate forum for the proper attention. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 01/31/2018 3:19 pm Can't help but I'm sure others will. to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 01/31/2018 3:28 pm Pretty sure it's a tourist copy of a Jewish Maccabees Prutah. And a very bad one at that. Script on reverse isn't even Hebrew! real Prutah of 135-104BC Hyrcannus I Edited by Crazyb0 01/31/2018 3:33 pm Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 01/31/2018 4:37 pm Poor fake widows mite. Report this Post to the Staff
Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 01/31/2018 4:43 pm Indeed, looks to good to be real... Report this Post to the Staff
chafemasterj Pillar of the Community United States 6514 Posts	Posted 01/31/2018 4:55 pm Welcome to the Forum!! Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34426 Posts	Posted 01/31/2018 5:37 pm @hook, first welcome to CCF. Second, yes unfortunately this is not a real coin but rather a modern copy. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 01/31/2018 7:40 pm to the community As others have stated this is a copy of an AE Prutah. Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 01/31/2018 8:08 pm Agreed it's a fantasy coin, combining the anchor from a prutah of Alexander Jannaeus (103-73 BC, the "widow's mite") and garbled legends and imagery from a Pontius Pilate prutah. These were made by a religious supply company and sold in bulk for like 25-50 cents per coin for use in Sunday school classes. The kids frequently forget where they came from and they get mixed into collections of real coins, then sold as genuine. We see dozens of them per year. Report this Post to the Staff
Doctorwho2485 Valued Member New Zealand 292 Posts	Posted 01/31/2018 10:20 pm and welcome to the forum Hook. Report this Post to the Staff
Debrajc Pillar of the Community United States 4211 Posts	Posted 01/31/2018 10:31 pm to the forum! Report this Post to the Staff
Hook New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 02/01/2018 07:58 am Thank you all very much for the information. Wish I could find the copy or the actual literature for this item my curiosity has me searching for two days now. However thank you again Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 02/01/2018 10:35 am I have actually not seen your exact example before, but here are some examples of the type we more commonly see: https://www.christianbook.com/widow...as/pd/106651 http://www.coinsofourpast.com/produ...nius-6-9-ad/ https://www.ebay.com/p/Widows-Mite-...371803663647 http://www.rainbowwestchristiansupp...845246004975 Report this Post to the Staff
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