Hi everyone
We recently acquired a large Liberia 50 Dollar 2001 coin. In 2001, 2000 copper 10 Dollar coins were made (weighing 770 grams each, book value $225), and 500 silver 50 Dollar coins were made (weighing 907 grams each, book value $1100). Both coins are 10 cm in diameter and depict the Princess Louisa ship that wrecked in April 1743 off the coast of Cape Verde.
However, there seems to be a few problems with our 50 Dollar coin:
1. It weighs only 788 grams, not 907 grams.
2. The encased fob coin is supposed to have been recovered from the wreck, but ours is part of a South African George VI Penny (1937 to 1952).
3. We have seen 4 of these coins in Cape Town in the last 6 months, although I don't know if the other coins had similar problems.
Has anyone on this forum perhaps come across any communication regarding fake Liberia 50 Dollar coins being produced? Or that someone used the 50 Dollar mould and created a copper version of the silver coin? The coin that we have was bought in the UK a year ago. We are not sure if our coin is silver, as the coin has no markings and we don't want to use any acid on it.
Please see pictures below:
Posted 02/14/2014 08:33 am
