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 Posted 05/24/2018  03:52 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Crimson2006 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hope I'm in the right section for this...

So I have what my deceased uncle says is an "2.50 gold piece". Bad news, the front side has been worn down to a blank side. The reverse however is still in a poor-enough condition to view the lettering and image. What brought me here is that the reverse side clearly shows 2 50 at the bottom of the coin, not the 2 1/2 that is on all types of 2.50 gold pieces that I could find. Does anyone know of any other gold pieces which has "2 50" on reverse rather than the "2 1/2"?

For an similar image of the reverse, please see the picture below:
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Minus the latin moto and the 2 1/2 being replaced by 2 50, that seems to match up pretty good. Below is a link to the best picture I can do of the coin:
https://ibb.co/m4CfJ8

Thanks for the help!
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 Posted 05/24/2018  04:12 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chafemasterj to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Firstly, Welcome to the Forum!

Secondly I think better cropped pictures of the coin will be needed. Here's a tutorial:
https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...g-images.asp
Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection:
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 Posted 05/24/2018  05:44 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Crimson2006 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks for the wecome!

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Does that help? Not sure how cropping a full image will help? Are you asking me to crop and resize sections of the full image?
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 Posted 05/24/2018  06:33 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Imthealphaomega to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
100% fake. No $2.5 gold coin has ever had 2.50 on the back. All $2.5 gold except the very first always had fractions on the back like this 2 1/2 Dollars. It may be gold but I am doubtful. It is a counterfeit. Look on PCGS coinfacts at all $2.5 gold designs on the back and none of them will show what you see on your example.
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To the Forum.
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To echo other's statements, it does not even look like gold-more like brass.
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To echo other's statements, it does not even look like gold-more like brass.


I suspect it's some kind of play token or something.
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I'll guess that it's a gambling token, a chip/check/chit for some old casino. Too bad one side is blank. It doesn't look fake.

Compare it to spade guineas.
http://www.johnwinter.net/jw/2014/1...ising-token/
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It's not gold. Waste no more time on this crummy token.
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It appears to be a token, possibly play money. Definitely not a gold piece.

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