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I cant determine what is that hallmark under the "C". I know that this is a siege English Civil War, from 1646, but i´ve search for coins with that specific hallmark but I just found two examples (mine and other from the internet). I would be glad to know what does it means.
Edited by ruisousa
01/30/2014 7:03 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Photo?
It may be attributable out of Ruding.
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Pillar of the Community
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What about the reverse?
This looks like an OBS NEWARK piece â€" is that right?
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Portugal
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sorry I am adapting to the website :) already put it. Yes its newark siege coin but it got a hallmark under the C that I dont know what it means. I heard that during the last year 1646, the church used his silver to make coins, it could be that but I am not sure
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Pillar of the Community
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Ruding notices these pieces but briefly. Since they were cut out of pieces of silver dishes & so on ("plate"), it may be that this is a remnant of a hallmark which was on the original piece. It may be best to research British silver hallmarks for the period, say, beginning 1600.
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New Member
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I found the same hallmark, on the same spot on other coin from the same year.
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This is the coin I found similar to mine! (Notice the hallmark under the "C", it´s in the same spot and it´s identical to my coin)  This is the coin I found similar to mine! (Notice the hallmark under the "C", it´s in the same spot and it´s identical to my coin) |
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I´ve tested my coin and is silver. So is it replica?
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This is another coin with that hall-mark.  |
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This little "hallmark" you are finding is, unfortunately, the countermark applied by a now-defunct British replica-maker. Any coin bearing this mark is not genuine. You can see two "older" English Hammered coins with this same mark on them in this thread. 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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Oh dear
I hope you didn't get too ripped.
Never buy a Northumberland shilling,a Gothic 1847 crown,siege pieces without provenance and 1864 die 4 florins which are doing the rounds.
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Thanks for the information I focus on the hall-mark, because it was hard to find coins with that characteristic. I've tested it is genuine silver, but it can be only silver plated . How much can it worth being considered a replica?
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