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Mattey1976 New Member United Kingdom 19 Posts	Posted 04/27/2014 6:13 pm Hi there, I have a couple of small gold coins in my collection that I have no idea about. I was wondering if any of you guys might be able to shed some light on them? The first one is george II, it looks like a hammered coin, it weighs 2.2g is 28mm in diameter and I believe is gold plated. The second one is a victoria young head it weighs 1.7g is 19mm in diameter and is not magnetic. Report this Post to the Staff

zxcccxz Pillar of the Community Canada 5417 Posts	Posted 04/27/2014 6:15 pm Both are just plated replicas. Very crude too. Sorry. Report this Post to the Staff
Matteproof Pillar of the Community Korea, Republic Of 1881 Posts	Posted 04/27/2014 6:23 pm Very, very crude replicas. Victoria's head obverse with a Austrian-looking two-headed eagle reverse? Edit: Austria and Germany. Two very different countries with different coat of arms. Edited by Matteproof 04/27/2014 6:46 pm Report this Post to the Staff
ASLAN TVorlon Pillar of the Community United States 1234 Posts	Posted 04/27/2014 6:29 pm Well Albert was from Germany Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 04/27/2014 6:37 pm Although the coat of arms on the second piece is Austrian, not German, the two objects are nevertheless of German origin. They are card-game counters. Neither are technically "replicas", since there are no genuine coins with these designs. They are both made of gilt or brass, not gold. 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
Mattey1976 New Member United Kingdom 19 Posts	Posted 04/27/2014 6:43 pm Thanks for the quick reply. Nothing to be sorry for as neither cost me a penny. the hammered one I found in a tin of old coins my Nan gave to me nearly 30 years ago. A coin dealer here in jersey told me 20years ago it was a replica but was gold plated he offered me £250 for it back then. So there is either something to it or I should have bitten his hand off and the second was given to me by an antique dealer recently, I said I would do some research on it and let him know, job done. Thanks again will post up some pics of my real coins soon before I am laughed off the forum Report this Post to the Staff
Mattey1976 New Member United Kingdom 19 Posts	Posted 04/27/2014 6:47 pm Thanks sap, being from jersey and as we were occupied by the germans in the war the german connection makes perfect sense. thanks for the info Report this Post to the Staff
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