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New Member
United Kingdom
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Hello everyone, I'm new to this forum and coin collecting in general, I come across this old coin which I believe to British but I'm unsure. It looks like it could be Gold, the rim is gold, where it has the hole that's gold and it looks gold underneath all the dirt, but I was unsure if I should clean it or not? Anyhelp would be appreciated :) Thanks. Kind Regards Adam  Identified - moved to Exonumia forum - Sap |
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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Gold doesn't tarnish IIRC (and while it could be dirt, that'll be quite a lot of it).
What's the other side?
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New Member
 United Kingdom
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Hi there, I've just been told that by a coin dealer I contacted, I was told it may be 16 century, possibly silver gilt. I've added some more pictures. Thank you, any help would be appreicated, it was found with other old coins metal detecting, the oldest coin found that has a readable date is 1775, even they others look older.   |
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
651 Posts |
This looks like a spade guinea token. Reproductions of a spade guinea were made in brass and used for publicity, like this sainsbury token.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2490 Posts |
I'm afraid that you'll probably have something like this:   It's a brass copy of a Spade guinea, used as a card counter around 100 years ago. |
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 Australia
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Hello and welcome.  As others have stated, it's a brass replica of a spade guinea. Most, like the one alganbagerap posted, were made in the early 1800s and used as gambling tokens for card games. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1757 Posts |
Yes. Brass replica with severe oxidation issues.
John Lorenzo
United States
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Valued Member
Portugal
179 Posts |
For any collector of this series the work of reference for the whole series is essential. It is "A Thousand Guineas" by W. Bryce Neilson, published in 2003 and covering 70 pages. Published by Galata Print.
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Valued Member
United States
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Good sleuthing! Undoubtedly correct. Severe oxidation issues indeed!
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Posted 07/30/2012 4:23 pm
