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unit91 New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 05/18/2013 6:06 pm it's approx. 3/4 inch in diameter. Report this Post to the Staff

joseph_curwen Valued Member United States 69 Posts	Posted 05/18/2013 6:11 pm Not my area of expertise, but it really looks modern. -Joseph Curwen Report this Post to the Staff
dwayne8625 Pillar of the Community United States 582 Posts	Posted 05/18/2013 6:19 pm I agree with you joseph Report this Post to the Staff
Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 05/18/2013 6:56 pm This is a fake widows mite that pops up every now and again. Theres a few on the ID forum. I forget where they come from though Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16869 Posts	Posted 05/19/2013 06:29 am Yep, it's a replica Widow's Mite, a famous "biblical" coin. This particular type is mass-produced and sold by religious supplies stores; here's some for sale for $1.50 each. I really wish things like this complied with the Hobby Protection Act and clearly said "COPY" on them somewhere; they're one of the most confusion-causing replica ancient coins out there. Once they're given away in church or Sunday School or wherever, the context is lost and people have no idea or recollection of what they are. Do a CCF Forum Search for "fake widows mite" and you'll find over a dozen threads with examples of this very replica posted here on the forum, just in the past couple of years. Like this thread, for example. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
unit91 New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 05/19/2013 12:29 pm thanks very much! I appreciate the info. Report this Post to the Staff
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