English Crown 1927 Copy?

Sounds like it has too much silver - a genuine 1927 crown is only 50% silver!

But the details look similar to mine, purchased from a reputable dealer long before the Chinese forgery invasion:

I've seen Chinese fakes of these at Boot Fairs, but they always look wrong.

Some questions

1. How did you get this coin and who from
2. How much did you pay for it
3. I notice you are in Belarus, not a country that is typically known for its hotspot in buying scarce British coins.
4. Is there a certificate of authentication - or was one offered.
5. Is it magnetic?

If the answers are 1. From China, Russia, Eastern Europe or within the last 10 years - get real suspicious
2. Under $100 USD - Suspicious
3. Could be barking up the wrong tree - sorry but lets face it Belarusians are not usual members here.
4. This is a scarce coin worth several hundred dollars if real and usually any reputable dealer will give you some provenance if its real.
5. If it is - its fake.



Overall - to me the colour is wrong for this type, like NumisRobs they should be slightly yellowy silverish - yours has an iron like polished feel. But the weight is right.

The quarternary alloy was Silver 50%, Copper 40% and Zinc and Nickel 5% each - some minor variation is allowed as often the zinc, nickel and copper were melted together and the silver added later - so it would not 'pickle' the silver and keep it light.

The detail looks wrong - all this evidence to me suggests you have a high quality possibly Chinese lead or steel fake - that has been deliberately aged.

@Princetane

Although you have written a lot of truths, your opinion was absolutely prejudiced against non-Westerners. I'm also Eastern European by Western perception, but no one has ever complained to me. I sold (and bought) about $ 500,000 in coins. I have never had a complaint and I know about 100-120 Eastern European and Russian as well as Polish collectors and traders, but only 1-2 people who would be breaking the law. This doesn't seem any worse than Western statistics. I don't know what the situation is with the Chinese counterfeiting industry, I don't care, but people who make up a significant part of the population in the Northern Hemisphere are rarely given such a weighty opinion.