2 French Guiana Coins Asked For Your Opinions

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wonghinghi Pillar of the Community Hong Kong 1270 Posts	Posted 12/15/2012 02:20 am Hi group, I review the two coins and find them suspicious and afraid that they are both fake. I have not too much experience on these billon coins. Can anyone own the same coins tell me they are fake or not? The letters of the 1789 2 sous are two crude? Other information: 1.72 grams, 22.4 mm The coin of 1818 was struck better but it does not appear to contain silver. The sound of hitting it on the floor is much louder and of higher pitch than the former coin. Other information: 2.55 grams (0.05 higher than book value), 22.0mm. Thank you for your opinions, Henry. Report this Post to the Staff

shughey00 New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 12/24/2012 10:42 am They would appear to be real...especially the 2 sous. I have found alot of the 1789 2 Sous here in tha USA metal detecting and this appears to be genuine. The botom coin looks like it had a silver wash which I also have seen. These coins were not that valuable on the current market so faking them would seem pointless. Report this Post to the Staff
shughey00 New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 12/24/2012 10:45 am This shwat the 2 Sous looks like after 200+ years in the ground. You can see some silver wash still on them on the coin lower left. The coins are greater than 50% copper which is what qualifies the Billon status. It was common to wash them in silver for looks...kind of like a silver plate. Report this Post to the Staff
wonghinghi Pillar of the Community Hong Kong 1270 Posts	Posted 12/24/2012 9:13 pm Very funny, you show an actual example of exploring treasure from the ground beneath, thank you shughey00. What you possess must be real, I just want to know where did you dig them out from the ground. Do you mean some of these 2 Sous were washed 200 years ago? Henry Report this Post to the Staff
shughey00 New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 12/30/2012 07:55 am By wash....I meant that they originally were plated with a coating of silver when they were minted 200 years ago. I don't know which years the French government plated them with silver because under the description of these coins they list that they can be copper or silver bilon and that the bilon coins were sometimes plated with silver. I found these here in the USA in the state of Maine buried behind a 225 year old abandoned house. Report this Post to the Staff
shughey00 New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 12/30/2012 07:58 am By the way the date is crude because many of the 1789 2 Sous were overstamped from an earlier coin. Meaning they were a different coin minted a few years earlier and the French mint took them and stamped them again as a 2 SOUS. Report this Post to the Staff
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