Posted 08/27/2013 09:00 am
Here is the NGC database page for this coin, with the catalogue-listed prices. The Italians struck these coins in an attempt to replace the Maria Theresa thaler, which the locals preferred to use as currency instead.
Unfortunately, I can quite confidently say that your coin is not genuine. Compare the rim of your coin with the rim of the coin on the NGC page. On the NGC coin, you can see "denticles" - little teeth-like indentations all around the rim of the coin on both sides. On your coin, these indentations are very small, almost not there at all. That's because whoever made this copy made it slightly too small, so it does not quite capture all of the design on the original coin.
As a fake, it has no value to speak of - a couple of dollars at most.
If you want confirmation, weigh your coin, to the nearest tenth of a gram. I would assume that it would be nowhere near the 28.1 grams that this coin is supposed to weigh.
Unfortunately, I can quite confidently say that your coin is not genuine. Compare the rim of your coin with the rim of the coin on the NGC page. On the NGC coin, you can see "denticles" - little teeth-like indentations all around the rim of the coin on both sides. On your coin, these indentations are very small, almost not there at all. That's because whoever made this copy made it slightly too small, so it does not quite capture all of the design on the original coin.
As a fake, it has no value to speak of - a couple of dollars at most.
If you want confirmation, weigh your coin, to the nearest tenth of a gram. I would assume that it would be nowhere near the 28.1 grams that this coin is supposed to weigh.
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