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What became of this thread and interested collectors?
Six years since last post.
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I'll make a contribution...and will be quick to add that counterfeits are not an intentional part of my collection, but I was missing this date in my OFEY series, and it's a place that I collect. I posted it preiously on another thread.
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This is a struck copper fake of a 1689 silver Patagon of Spanish Netherlands. It would have been plated/washed in silver.
As this was a massive (40 mm) hammered coin, the real ones often suffer from uneven strikes, so this would have been a really handsome specimen.
There is a "tell." I'm sure everyone figured it out, but here goes: The legend reverse says Brabant (BRAB at 9:00), but the mintmark above the crown obverse is a fleur-de-lis, the mint mark of Bruges, which is not in Brabant.



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this is a contemporary half crown, german silver and gilded I found metal detecting :)

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to the CCF, davidreece1968! That's an excellent find!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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this is a contemporary half crown, german silver and gilded I found metal detecting :)
Nice find!

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Gosh this is an old thread. Posted this one several times elsewhere, might as well add it here. Attributed as a 101. https://www.seateddimevarieties.com..._101page.htm
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Gosh this is an old thread. Posted this one several times elsewhere, might as well add it here. Attributed as a 101.
Nice example!
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