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 Posted 11/13/2014  9:21 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add angeldf to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
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.

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 Posted 11/13/2014  9:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
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.
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 Posted 11/13/2014  9:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add angeldf to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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
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 Posted 11/13/2014  9:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CGCoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
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.
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 Posted 11/13/2014  10:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Medieval to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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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.
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 Posted 11/14/2014  11:50 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Petrus to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
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
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 Posted 11/14/2014  4:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add angeldf to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
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.
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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.
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