Posted 08/27/2012 3:09 pm
This is a copy of a sovereign.
The idea would be that the brass would be polished to look gold and then mounted in jewellery to give the appearance that the wearer could afford a sovereign.
This is why there is no obverse image of a monarch struck, as this side would be facing the mount and would not be seen, so would be more expensive to strike whilst adding nothing to the piece.
How can I tell that its definitely not real? No.1 Its corroding, Gold wouldnt do this. No.2, the obverse shows no signs of ever being struck. At best, it could be a ground down silver coin with fake patina applied, but I highly doubt it.
A cool thing to have in my opinion, to show off forgeries.
The idea would be that the brass would be polished to look gold and then mounted in jewellery to give the appearance that the wearer could afford a sovereign.
This is why there is no obverse image of a monarch struck, as this side would be facing the mount and would not be seen, so would be more expensive to strike whilst adding nothing to the piece.
How can I tell that its definitely not real? No.1 Its corroding, Gold wouldnt do this. No.2, the obverse shows no signs of ever being struck. At best, it could be a ground down silver coin with fake patina applied, but I highly doubt it.
A cool thing to have in my opinion, to show off forgeries.
