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angeldf New Member Italy 3 Posts	Posted 11/13/2014 9:21 pm Somebody have more information about this 2 Tokens I know is silver 925, the first one is in a nice red box and is near 160Grs Second one smaller and maybe 80 Grs. Thanks You Edited by angeldf 11/13/2014 9:30 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16809 Posts	Posted 11/13/2014 9:31 pm They are not "tokens", but rather replicas of old coins. The first is a replica of an ancient Greek decadrachm, the second is an enlarged replica of a small mediaeval Italian coin. 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
angeldf New Member Italy 3 Posts	Posted 11/13/2014 9:35 pm Thank You Sap! Yes I got that two in Italy. What is the value in that 2 Replica? Why somebody will buy a replica of a coin? Thank you for your info Report this Post to the Staff
CGCoins Pillar of the Community United States 797 Posts	Posted 11/13/2014 9:44 pm I would imagine it would be silver value, the first one was minted in 1973, and the 2nd in 1975. I do see they both have Hallmarks, so that can track down what silversmith made these and where. Report this Post to the Staff
Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 11/13/2014 10:36 pm Quote: Why somebody will buy a replica of a coin? There are various reasons to buy a replica, let me name a few: -Copies of especially beautiful and rare coins are sometimes made specifically for museums. -Some people like to own copies of famous pictures and hang them onto their wall, similarly some people want to be able to admire the beauty of a particular coin - which would hold true for the Greek Tetradrachm shown. -Others want to have something which reflects the history of a place, which might apply to the above copy of the coin from Milan. In some regard it's not much different to the heavily marketed NCLT issues of mints. Report this Post to the Staff
Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 11/14/2014 11:50 am second coin is a replica of a Milano coin (Mediolanum) propably grosso, 1200-1300AD Ambrose is the patron saint of Milano Looks like this : http://www.ebay.it/itm/A32-Italia-M...em23401e34c5 Report this Post to the Staff
angeldf New Member Italy 3 Posts	Posted 11/14/2014 4:40 pm Thank you guys. I have the name of the second one, I don't know if there is any value in the replica.. you think any collector will buy it?, any estimate price? Still I need to find out a bit more about the first coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 11/14/2014 5:20 pm Quote: Still I need to find out a bit more about the first coin The inscription (in Greek) is SVRAKOSION making it a coin of Syracuse - it's a copy of a Tetradrachm from the 5th century BC. Report this Post to the Staff
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