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 Posted 05/18/2010  1:48 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add gmoustaka to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
hi any idea what coin this is?
a google search suggests 6 penny queen elizabeth coin c. 1550-1600
but no sure how rare it is

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it weighs 23g

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 Posted 05/18/2010  2:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add needgames4lyfe to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
hmm, I think I have one of those as well...
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 Posted 05/18/2010  2:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add argentumandcoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'm no hammered expert but it appears to be a base metal copy of the first issue gold sovereign of Elizabeth I (1558-1561)
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 Posted 05/18/2010  7:06 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add zeewool to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I think that you are on to something there argentumandcoins.
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 Posted 05/18/2010  7:10 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add svslav to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The top image is upside down, the bottom one turned 90 degrees clockwise.

It is a copy of Elizabeth I's fine sovereign (= 30 shillings), not extremely accurate though, especially on and around the queen. There's a number of discrepancies, I'd just like to mention the crown of the monarch not protruding enough into the legend and the complete absence of mintmarks. I believe this would be a fairly recent fantasy issue.
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 Posted 05/18/2010  7:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add zeewool to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yeah svslav
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 Posted 05/18/2010  8:23 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yep, sorry, it's a modern replica of a gold coin.
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 Posted 07/07/2010  5:56 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jlcarvoeiro to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I think you can tell that there is something odd about thsi "coin" when you see it for the first time.Itīs the sort of "coin I wouldnīt buy on a fair.Nice piece do.
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