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Valued Member
Australia
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Hi, I have been looking through my silver collection and my other silvers. I have this 1956 florin that I found in one of my car projects I am wondering what to do with it? Not the best grade I have. It was found under the carpet on a floor in the car.   |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
4411 Posts |
I would incorporate it into the project somehow. Dont know how though.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
674 Posts |
 I see your 1956 and I raise you a 1946.!!  |
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Valued Member
 Australia
165 Posts |
I don't have the car anymore  , but could I perhaps clean it I know I shouldn't but to make it look a bit better. |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I'd leave it as-is - as an example of what can happen to a silver coin.
Robster - your 1946 looks "rusty" are you sure that it's the genuine article ?
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
4411 Posts |
It almost looks like how some ancient coins go coinstew. Ancient collectors would probably call it sandy tone or something like that. I agree with Peter THOMAS and think you should leave it as is.
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Valued Member
Australia
165 Posts |
Well it was the car was made in 1955 so it could have been in the floor for about 60+ years
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
674 Posts |
Robster found this coin in the bottom of an icecream tin in a shed that had been locked for 40 years.!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
10743 Posts |
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It was found under the carpet on a floor in the car.  I love those Florins almost as much as my Canada fifty cents, what a shame.  Would some of Thad's 'Verdi-Care' help it.  Edited by SHAFTA9a
02/13/2013 07:08 am
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I wish I could get hold of a genuine '55 Florin!
With the '56 Florin pictured here, it looks like a forgery (not a fake) to me. If not, the corrosion has done a good job hiding the true character of the coin.
When it was new I wonder how convincing it looked?
Comparative ring tone test with a genuine '56 will confirm, one way or the other.
The '46 red and green Florin looks genuine, from what I can see from the picture, substrate copper / silver alloy looks OK. Same comment regarding ring tone.
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Valued Member
Australia
165 Posts |
Sel_69l how would I tell it would be a forgery or not, Should I weight it?
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
Two ways:
Comparative ring tone test with a known genuine coin. You don't need ANY equipment for this, just a known genuine to compare the subject coin with.
Weighing.
Actually, I collect ALL forged Australian silver coins. Most would have a market value of at least $5.
Legally speaking, they are illegal.
With high quality Chinese fakes, be VERY careful. They are intended to deceive the coin collector and can stand up to much closer scrutiny. Forged coins are only usually good enough to pass without examination in daily transactions. Very few forged coins exist of the post WW2 period.
There is only a very fuzzy line of difference between 'fake' and 'forgery'.
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Valued Member
Australia
165 Posts |
Just to ask why do you think its a forgery, like how can you tell from your computer screen. not to be rude.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
I have several forgeries with exactly the same colour toning as the '56 pictured here.
However, that does not necessarily make this one a forgery.
Comparison ring tone testing and weighing should give you the answer.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Sorry to say this CoinStew but even if this is genuine it is destined for the scrap bucket.
If however it is a forgery it has some collector value
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