Identification Of Spanish Cob And British Trade Dollar

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PenguinXI New Member United Kingdom 2 Posts	Posted 02/20/2012 3:17 pm I inherited a coin collection a while ago and the owner told me a long time ago that there were some coins of value in it. The way it came to me through inheritance I believe before I received it it was valued and stripped of anything there that was of value but I have no way to know for sure. Most of it is commemorative coins, Euro coins of largish denominations and the kind of coins you get in your change when you visit far off places. These are the two coins in question... Thank you for taking the time to look at this :) Edit. I do believe the old looking coin is fake, I have other "Ancient" coins in there that have marks on them that indicates they're just copies. The Trade dollar if thats what it is I know nothing about and am having a hard time finding out information on. Edited by PenguinXI 02/20/2012 3:19 pm Report this Post to the Staff

svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 02/20/2012 4:11 pm Welcome, Penguin! I can totally concur your feelings about the Trade dollar. Quite poor imitation, obvious by the looks of Britannia(the face looks funny, and the edge of her cape not even close to the original). Besides, it looks like it was made of a base metal, supposed to be 0.9000 silver. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinage123 Valued Member United Kingdom 449 Posts	Posted 02/20/2012 6:44 pm The coin on the right is Spanish colonial, under Phillip II of Spain, should date to around 1550-1600. As far as authenticity is concerned I'm not too sure. Report this Post to the Staff
PenguinXI New Member United Kingdom 2 Posts	Posted 02/21/2012 04:01 am Thank you for the replies. The Trade dollar appears to be trash and can happily go back into its folder now. Its just working out whether the Spanish coin is genuine and worth keeping in a safer place than in the folder on the bookshelf. Thank you for your help :) Report this Post to the Staff
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