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 Posted 11/12/2013  08:49 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Coinaholic73 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I'm probably doing the equivalent of asking on the British coin forum if my plastic toy sovereign is real but hey, I just want to be sure before I throw it in a junk lot.

99.9% sure it's not real, its a weighty 25g and 36mm



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 Posted 11/12/2013  09:02 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sel_69l to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Cast fake.
Keep it. I like it anyway.
I have about 100 fake ancient coins for study purposes, to educate myself in how to spot fakes.
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 Posted 11/12/2013  09:06 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinaholic73 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks Sel, yes I do the same with fake bullion coins. Trouble is all ancients look like replicas to me!
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There are two easy telltale indicators for this coin.

First, the casting has left "bubbles" on the surface. While a combination of corrosion and improper cleaning can leave an ancient bronze coin covered in pits and craters, there is no natural process that can cause anti-pits to form on a coin. That's a sure sign that it's a cheap cast.

Second, is the type depicted. This is a very scarce type of the early emperor Caligula. Worth thousands or tens of thousands of dollars, if genuine. Wildwinds examples. They generally aren't just sitting around unidentified someplace. I always assume that a super-rare, highly sought after coin type like this is a replica, until I can prove otherwise.
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Really bad cast copy.
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In a few hundred years it will be a piece of history......but hey, if you like it, keep it and enjoy it, why not. Collecting stuff is about the enjoyment YOU get from it. I am about to start collecting historical medallions from the 18th 19th C, they are so beautiful and I have been wanting to start a nice collection for a while....ebay has some v nice ones at the moment, especially a siege of Bastille one , but its pricey.
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