Spanish Netherland Brabant Mint - But?

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laverdajohn Valued Member United Kingdom 175 Posts	Posted 03/21/2014 2:52 pm hi, hope someone can help with the finer detail of this coin, as I say in the heading I'm sure (until told differently) that this is a coin from the Spanish Netherlands Brabant mint 1643 and it looks to my eyes to be copper but is it, I cant find anything like it that isn't silver? approx 28mm and 4.1g Report this Post to the Staff

philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 03/21/2014 3:27 pm This should be a Brabant silver escalin. Maybe the toning and lighting in the pic are throwing you off. Or do you have the coin in hand? Report this Post to the Staff
laverdajohn Valued Member United Kingdom 175 Posts	Posted 03/22/2014 03:37 am Hi - yes I have the coin here - it has been sat in the back of a drawer with a ? on the label since 1971 Report this Post to the Staff
bart Pillar of the Community Belgium 651 Posts	Posted 03/22/2014 09:18 am A real one should be silver. It is probably a 17th century counterfeit. These counterfeits were produced in copper layered with a very thin layer of silver, which wore off very quick. Report this Post to the Staff
colonialjohn Pillar of the Community United States 1757 Posts	Posted 03/23/2014 2:23 pm I have this silver wash/copper alloy host contemporary counterfeit in my WORLD contemporary counterfeit collection now ~ 300 different issues between 1500-1800. Value ~ $50-up If you put it up on ebay you will contact me ... <VVBG>. John Lorenzo United States Report this Post to the Staff
laverdajohn Valued Member United Kingdom 175 Posts	Posted 03/29/2014 3:26 pm Hi John, I have this listed on ebay now, finishes on the 6th regards John Report this Post to the Staff
laverdajohn Valued Member United Kingdom 175 Posts	Posted 04/03/2014 6:50 pm my ebay listing for this just got binned :( Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16850 Posts	Posted 04/03/2014 8:54 pm Yes, sorry about that, but I'm afraid ebay's policy on fake, counterfeit and replica coins is now "not allowed under any circumstances". No exemptions are given for contemporary circulation counterfeits, despite lobbying from collectors of such items to allow for such an exemption. It means that anyone who correctly describes their item is likely to be punished with a cancellation, while those who lie, claim not to know or otherwise do not admit that their coin is fake are allowed to keep their listings up. 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
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