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I Don't Know What This Coin Is

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 Posted 04/21/2013  6:50 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add RomanCoin18 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
My dad and I were looking through a bag of old coins. There were some pretty cool ones. But I found this one that I know nothing about. I will try to post some pictures. Here's one http://m802.photobucket.com/albumvi...o=0&newest=1
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to the CCF!

Any chance of getting a close up and reverse pic.? This could be a Bar cent, post colonial token likely minted in Birmingham England in 1785. Or it could be a common reproduction of a Bar cent. If real it would weigh about 5.5 grams or 85 grains.
There is a popular restrike but it does not look like a Bolen copy, made in the 1860's as the obverse is wrong for that restrike.

Anyway welcome!
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Although I expect the other side just looks like a featureless field of bars, those bars will carry important clues to authentication. Could we see a pic of them?
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Alright. Here is the back. It does say copy at the bottom :(
http://m802.photobucket.com/albumvi...o=0&newest=1
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It does say copy at the bottom



Its all good. Now you know!!
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That "COPY" just means this was made with a genuine appreciation of the original coin, with no intent to deceive. Now, here's what you need to know about the originals:
http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/Col...r.intro.html
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Figured that was a copy because the original is very very rare! Neat coin regardless of it being a copy though.
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I know very little about these, except that they are famous amongst those who have a vestige of an idea about them.
Enough to know there would be lots of souvenir coins, as well as fakes.

For me, I would buy such at a cheap price, as an initial introduction to learning a lot more about them.
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It can be identified as a copy from the obv as well. On the genuine coins the S passed OVER the left leg of the A.
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