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New Member
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Hello all, I found this coin in my yard in Guam USA, about 3 years ago and finally decided to sign up on this website to see if anyone could identify it? The front and back are identical pictures with no words. Thanks in advance UPDATE, if there are any other details that I'm leaving out that need to be stated, please let me know.  Edited by palmbreeze
11/04/2013 9:12 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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It's a crude copy of an ancient coin.
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New Member
 United States
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What makes you think its a crude copy of an ancient? Are the features to fake looking? I don't know much about coins but it looks to be very authentic? Have you seen a coin like this before? Please help
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Needs to be moved to the ancients forum for any authoritative response.... But... Quote:
What makes you think its a crude copy of an ancient? way too perfectly round and centered. imo. Ancients were hand hammered individually. This token was obviously minted, by machine, en masse. Edited by amida17
11/04/2013 9:33 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I think it looks like Athena,
more like a modern gaming token or play money from 1800's.
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New Member
United States
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How do I move it to the ancient section? what do you mean "way to perfectly round"? it looks fake?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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New Member
United States
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Wow your right! it does look similar to some of the Athena coins...
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Moderator
 Australia
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It isn't really a "crude copy of an ancient coin". It's a modern generic arcade token, with a design similar to that found on ancient coins.
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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Design appears to be modeled after 1926 Greek 50 lepta, 1 drachma and 2 drachmai coins.
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Moderator
United States
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Found this in my yard, where is it from? Well...your yard  just trying to be funny. Looks like a token to me too. John1  |
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Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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It is indeed a token and as Sap says, its simply using a design also seen on Ancient coins. A fake ancient coin tends to be truer to life using legends and a seperate reverse design.
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Posted 11/04/2013 9:26 pm
