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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Hi Sybrix, welcome to the froum.
As you are not a collector, the very first rule to learn in coin collecting is "DON'T CLEAN COINS"!!!
I'm not an expert on these coins but someone will answer you more fully and expertly than me. I've seen rims like that on forgeries but will leave to others to value.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hi Sybrix
There are some real problems with some of the design elements on your coin,there are many things that are not where they should be !! with out even mentioning the color,,
I believe the coin to be a reproduction piece,,of course Iam not an expert with these Gold pieces but I do have a very good source of reference from which to compare.
Rick
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Valued Member
United States
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It looks fake to me. It is too large to be the real thing and looking at the rim you can see the line where the 2 halves were joined together.
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Forum Mom
 United States
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Welcome to the forum!
I believe your "coin" to be a novelty piece made out of bronze or some copper alloy. The verdigris around the devices shows a corrosion that does not happen with gold, as gold is a noble metal. I believe the line around the center of the edge to be a casting line (this is the seam where the two halves appear to be "joined" together.) It looks to be about 3" across? If so, there were a number of these replicas made as fantasy pieces and are about the size of a drink coaster. There is no problem with cleaning this piece as it really has no numismatic value but can look quite pretty if cleaned up.
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New Member
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Thanks for all of your help.
After surfing the web a little more I notice some problems as well.
It's too big and it has too many stars for this year.
Oh well.
Thanks again.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Susan I completely missed the size even with all the references laying around it,thats what I get at that time of the morning .
Rick
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Forum Mom
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Hey Rick, I thought you knew about the rule we have about not posting before you've had at least 1 cup of coffee!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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For those of you interested, these are the "coaster" coins sold at Walmart for $1.25 There are plenty of dealers who offer these large reproductions for around 40 cents each. |
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Posted 05/23/2005 02:13 am
