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New Member
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Hi everyone, I would like to know if this lot it is real guinea 1791 (gold  ) or a token (brass  ) Do you know? |
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Moderator
 United States
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your link is not correct.
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New Member
Brazil
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very telling, methinks, that the description does not include the word "gold."
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New Member
Brazil
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Moderator
United States
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the coin looks like a Great Britain Guinea KM# 609
8.35 grams, 0.9170 Gold purity, 0.2462 oz AGW
but the Crowned 4-fold spade of arms looks wrong. Not enough detail and the design is off in places.
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Moderator
Australia
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Not gold, sorry. Genuine guineas are made of 22k gold, which doesn't discolour like that even if buried for a couple of centuries. Further, the fine detail I would expect to see just isn't there. The lions in the top right quadrant of the shield, for instance, look like little blobs... or maybe flowers. Compare the pic with pics of real guineas, like here on Wikipedia. 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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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I get the impression of a gilded brass token, with the gilding wearing off.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Brass. My personal preference is not to bid on items where the bidding is private. It is too easy for the seller to "bid up" or "shill" the item with nobody seeing.
And as a seller, I've found Private listings to be counter productive too.
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United States
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Valued Member
Australia
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Hi I have gilded George III Spade Guinea Gaming Token and its 25mm. My guess is thats probably this, regards ErikP
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Brazil
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Posted 08/21/2013 7:10 pm
