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Hi there, grateful if anyone can help identify the attached coin. I found it amongst some old British pennies but it doesn't seem to fit with them. It is 'coin allignment' and about 3 cm across. Thanks, sam
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Sorry for the delay! Here's photo 1  |
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and number two. A tough one, I know, but any info gratefully received. Best, Sam  |
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Pillar of the Community
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SAP - interesting coin I do not know if you agree but it looks like a worn down/cut down Conder Token (late 18C - England) could stretch this out and say its a farthing evasion but the legends are off the coin and its looks thick of regal weight (at one time) - although air bubbles on the surface I believe its struck and not cast due to noticeable die breaks. Its a $5 coin ... but interesting if its a cut down 1/2d to 1/4d ... note the cut-off legend all around.
John Lorenzo
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Hi Adamson, It certainly doesn't match up to any English 'coin' that I have seen; face to the right was unusual and rarely occurs (just with GeorgeIII and IIII and William IV), and the reverse doesn't match with any British coin either. Agree with colonialjohn that it may well be a token; many produced in the late 18th century due to a lack of real bronze coins and often used as money. Have a trawl through these token pages of British ones... http://www.coinsandstamps.com/forei...ns/index.htmYours is pretty worn so may be a bit difficult to pin down. Mike. Edited by MikeG
01/12/2012 08:36 am
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face to the right was unusual and rarely occurs (just with GeorgeIII and IIII and William IV) On all milled British coins the successive monarchs alternated the facing direction. So it wasn't that unusual, and George IV, being in between George III and William IV, faced the opposite way (left). Edward VIII wanted to break this tradition as he felt facing left (same as his predecessor George V) was more flattering but his image never got to the circulation coins anyway. George VI "restored" the opposite facing tradition by facing left again as he considered that Ed VIII was supposed to face right. |
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Due to its size going from a halfpenny to a farthing size Conder token and the surface it could even be a form of a sea salvage scenario.
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Posted 01/12/2012 07:32 am
