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I have a good sized coin collection, I don't collect as a hooby or anything. Most of the coins I have were found with a metal detector when I was a kid hunting with my father in MA and NH. I haven't looked at my coins in a few years, none of what I have has ever been looked at by an expert, mostly silver from the 1800's. I recently showed my collection to an amature collector, I guess I "need" to find out what this is. I'll start here, thanks in advance for any help.  I found this in a stream bed in NH with my father in the early 80's.   |
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Valued Member
United States
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can you try and get a picture that is more looking down on the coin rather than at an angle? I dont know what the coin is, but its hard to see it at the angle its at
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Pillar of the Community
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can you try and get a picture that is more looking down on the coin rather than at an angle? I dont know what the coin is, but its hard to see it at the angle its at
yes I can, I'll take better pics tomorrow, I took these through a magnifying glass  . I'm open to wild guesses so I know where to start.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I looked and thought I could find it but am coming up empty. Sorry about that.
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Australia
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Originally posted by Spider5689
A 2005 Lincoln Cent.
 EXCELLENT The other one you have has a figure on a horse on BOTH sides. That is Very unusual and it may mean that the "coin" is a token or a toy (play money). (great for playing "Tails I Win" ) Some ancient coins have rough figures on horses , But I have not seen one with the figure on both sides. But then again, I don't have a lot of knowledge of ancient coins. PS Welcome to the forum, I hope you'll enjoy your stay here. Edited by toast
01/16/2007 04:41 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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it definately looks ancient to me or atleast was made to look acient. We need SAP to take a look at this thing, his knowledge in ancients is uncanny and he would be the one I would go to with a question like this. There may be others and I am in no way saying one is better than any other, it is he is just always the first one to come to mind when I see a question like this come up
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Valued Member
United States
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 Philip II, Macedonia Silver tetradrachm, 359-336 B.C. Kinda close but its not a horse on both sides. Edited by Dockwalliper
01/16/2007 02:24 am
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I'd have to agree with the consensus of opinion on this one. It's hard to make out all the details, but what I can see doesn't resemble any ancient coin I'm familiar with. The two horses seem to be completely different styles; the top one (facing right) looks very "classical", like the coin Dockwalliper posted - Greek or Roman. The bottom one (facing left) looks much cruder, more like a Roman Provincial or Barbaric imitation. I'm sorry to say that, based on what I can see so far, it's a fake. Possibly similar in nature to the fake Gelas tetradrachms that keep cropping up. Or, maybe, a "tourist copy" brought back by a traveller from the Middle East. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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United States
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So it's probably fake then.  Is there any way to tell for sure? Why would someone make a fake of a coin no one is familiar with? (horse on both sides) At least I didn't pay anything for it. So posting some better pictures wouldn't help? |
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United States
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Welcome gigahertz66  I've seen one like that and it had a seam-looking line around the edge. It looks like yours does too, doesn't it? The one I've seen is either a cast copy (fake) or some kind of "fantasy" coin. |
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The rims look a little too perfect. It may be a copy of an ancient Greek bronze, possibly minted in a Greek colony on the Italian peninsula, or a fantasy coin for tourists.
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