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Greece
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This is my first time I come across such a think. Does anyone knows what is this? Has the wrong color.     Edited by epop
04/22/2013 4:13 pm
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 United States
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is that date below the horse 1911? Looks like a British Sovereign or half Sovereign, but those should be gold  |
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United Kingdom
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Its a fake sovereign alright. Perhaps play money? Who knows. But a coin of that size with that design should be gold. Perhaps it was once guilded as a jewellers copy.
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Valued Member
 Greece
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yes I know it has the same characteristics as a sovereign.But it is silver colored.Is it a token or something?
or just a copy of a sovereign?
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Australia
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It is indeed the "wrong colour", because the design is that of a gold sovereign.
Given your location in Greece, my first guess would be a vasilopita cake decoration. Gold sovereigns are a traditional gift baked inside these festive cakes, but for those who can't afford genuine gold coins, cheap replicas can be used instead.
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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Greece
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vasilopita cakes for the new year eve have gold colored replicas.And none of them it's so well stamped as this example.
most of them are crueled stamped.This come out of a ''real'' mint.
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Israel
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I have actually seen silver plated gold coins (!) before. I'd weight the coin, just to rule out that possibility.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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My VERY first motivation would to be to test it.
The colour looks wrong, but the strike is good.
Diameter?
Weight?
Comparison ring tone?
Close examination of the edge milling.
I notice a break in the edge denticles in front of the hoof, at 3'oclock.
There also seems to be a very blurred mintmark.
The 'BP' also looks blurred, needs close examination
Grades around AU50, but that could be from the coin from which it was copied.
If it was meant to be included in a cake mix, the alloy needs to be at least .925 fine silver. Heavy metal poisoning could otherwise result. Wouldn't trust thin silver plating.
Genuine off metal strikes in silver DO exist, but they are extremely rare. Listed dates for these need to be checked from specialist books on the subject. I do know of a source for this information.
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Greece
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Edited by epop
04/22/2013 4:13 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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The thickness seems to have been increased to maintain the same weight as an original gold coin.
I am really curious as to what it actually DOES weigh.
It would be helpful if the scales were sensitive enough to be able to measure down to 1/100th of a gramme.
Looks like a die struck silver copy to me. However, in this case, an opinion expressed just by viewing pictures only, just ain't reliable enough.
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Australia
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wow looks good I think it silver nice toning very sharp rading on the edge I would like to have it in my weird collection looks to have a short tail I see nothing to say its fake I would buy it if I saw this in a shop very nice piece well done
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