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New Member
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This is an East Africa 5 Cent coin 1937 KN. It should be bronze but this ine seems to be Nickel. I can't see anywhere that the bronze shows. So, is it an error or plated, The edges are very high and it weighs a fraction of that it should be.. Any ideas please.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That looks like bronze to me. Did you weigh it?
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 United States
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United States
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@ms, I agree that posting the weight of this piece will help us to help you figure out what you have there. Also, while it will likely be too hard to photograph well, try looking at the color of the metal on the inside of the added hole. It would be interesting to know if it is a different color than the surface. Thx.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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New Member
 United Kingdom
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Hi, Yes, I weighed it and it is 6.49gms.
The hole looks the same colour inside it as far as I can see.
The colour of these pics aren't bronze colour, and are a true likeness of it.
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Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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That weight is a little over the designated weight so that might suggest it was plated (plus you have the hole to account for some missing metal too)
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United States
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New Member
United Kingdom
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The coin hole metal looks the same as outside as far as I can see. The coin is not a bronze colour; it almost looks like stainless steel colour. Not sure if this shows in the pic. Thanks   |
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United States
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@ms, it would be helpful for us to know if this piece is attracted to a magnet at all (as @oriole requested).
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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New Member
United Kingdom
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Hi, No, the coin is not magnetic. Sorry, I thought I had mentioned this; clearly I didn't. Apologies.
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United States
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@ms, I've been thinking a bunch about this piece over the past several days. The letters and other design elements are a bit smushed, but that might be from circulation flattening. The coin is a little overweight, especially considering that someone drilled an extra hole in it. The color is quite striking and quite different from most bronze coins of this series and hardly seems to be able to fool someone if it was used in commerce. The mintmark is KN, for King's Norton in Great Britain. I see only a few possibilities: 1. Off-metal strike done at the mint 2. Contemporary counterfeit 3. Modern counterfeit 4. Zinc or Chrome plated after leaving the mint 5. Normal coin, but with a Bronze alloy that appears grey rather than the normal brown, perhaps due to environmental exposure Of these, the only option that would be worth much money is the first and the added hole greatly reduces that value. So at this point, I think that we are only looking for an answer so that you know what you have (as opposed to potentially giving you an early retirement). I do note that the NGC page for this coin, shows a more grey than brown specimen (but perhaps the pic is in black and white rather than color): https://www.NGCcoin.com/price-guide...duid-1244151If this was my coin and I had easy access to XRF or other non-destructive elemental analysis, I think that I would probably get it tested. If not, then I would probably assume that it was a normally minted coin was thickly plated some time after being holed. If you decide to get further analysis performed on this piece, please follow up with the results in this thread. Thx! "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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United States
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My best guess is that it is plated and was formally one of several coins on a coin charm bracelet that were very popular in the 30's and 40's.
Edited by living-in-the-past
06/21/2020 4:24 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Most likely a coin that has be polish/plated silver to be put on a bracelet or necklace.
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Australia
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Most likely a coin that has be polish/plated silver to be put on a bracelet or necklace.
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United Kingdom
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I wonder if it was struck on a blank intended for another country. It's about the right diameter for a British West Africa halfpenny but the weight is too high, according to Numista https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces11904.htmlCan you give us an accurate diameter in mm, please ? |
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Posted 06/06/2020 06:32 am
to CCF. 
