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paulmcdonald New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 11/12/2013 11:37 am Greetings! I have had no luck searching for this coin's id...can anyone help? Edited by paulmcdonald 11/12/2013 11:44 am Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 11/12/2013 12:07 pm Looks like a fake widows mite. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 11/12/2013 2:26 pm Yep. They're sold by Christian supply outfits as Sunday school teaching aids, and the like. Type "widow's mite" in the Search bar here. Welcome! Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16845 Posts	Posted 11/12/2013 9:57 pm This is the fourth one of these that has been posted in the past month and a half; see the three earlier threads here, here and here. That definitely qualifies these pieces as strong contenders for the "Most confusion-causing replica coin EVER" award. 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
Papasquirrel1 Valued Member United States 70 Posts	Posted 11/15/2013 02:04 am Ha! I found one of these once while I was sorting through some coins. At first it caught my attention, but after looking it over I figured it was in way too good condition to be some actual ancient coin and just tossed it in the junk bag. Report this Post to the Staff
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