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Cherry99 New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 08/15/2020 4:33 pm inherited some items from my relatives. Not sure if this coin is worth anything - anybody have any thoughts? It's a little scuffed and has some glue and paper stuck to the back. [URL="https://ibb.co/qxQyjHT][/url] [URL="https://ibb.co/XLm01Jj][/url] Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34413 Posts	Posted 08/15/2020 4:40 pm @cherry, first welcome to CCF. Second, when I enlarge your pics (see below), I see that there is something extra in the field behind the king's head, but I can't quite make it out. Finally, since this is either a real or reproduction of a Sovereign of the UK, I'm going to move this thread to a different spot within CCF to get more eyes on it. "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 Report this Post to the Staff
Cherry99 New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 08/15/2020 4:46 pm Thank you! I believe it says "mom 21". Report this Post to the Staff
NumisRob Bedrock of the Community United Kingdom 17946 Posts	Posted 08/15/2020 5:41 pm Hello Cherry99 and I've found this on another forum: https://gold-forum.kitco.com/showth...gn-gold-coin I'm wondering if it's a copy made in the Middle East. It could still have a decent amount of gold in it. My Trade List: https://goccf.com/t/194596 My Wants List: https://goccf.com/t/191710 Report this Post to the Staff
Cherry99 New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 08/15/2020 6:50 pm Thanks for the reply and link. My family is from Saudi Arabia. Report this Post to the Staff
PaddyB Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 945 Posts	Posted 08/16/2020 05:43 am I am pretty sure this is one of the Middle Eastern copies of the British Sovereign. These were made in large numbers until quite recently. MOM21 maybe an identifier for the manufacturer or indicate a gold value of 21 carat instead of the usual 22 carat. (Or it may be only gold plated!) If you check out your local jewellers you should be able to locate one with a Xray tester, which will give you a reading for the percentage gold in the surface. Weight and accurate dimensions should then confirm if it is gold right through (unless it has a tungsten core...) All things checking out it should be worth gold value. (If 22 carat and 8g, around £350 on today's prices.) It is certainly NOT an original GB Sovereign - not only because of the extra lettering, but also the details in the minting look mushy and imprecise. Report this Post to the Staff
Cherry99 New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 08/16/2020 09:14 am Wonderful information, thank you so much for your help PaddyB! Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188708 Posts	Posted 08/17/2020 4:57 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16832 Posts	Posted 08/17/2020 9:06 pm As others have noted, it is a "Dubai replica". In Dubai, there is and always has been strong demand for gold to be in coin form, rather than as ingots or bullion rounds. As such, it is legal to manufacture and sell fake gold coins - provided the manufacturer uses actual gold to make the copies, and that they clearly mark the actual fineness of the gold on the replica coin. Government inspectors routinely check up on the gold dealers down in the famous gold souk, to ensure they are complying with the law and not selling fraudulent counterfeits. "21" would indeed be for 21 karat gold. The replica-maker is presumably hoping that the occasional unwary buyer will pay full 22k gold price for a 21k replica. You occasionally see 22k replicas made and sold as well; here, the replicas will weigh slightly less than the genuine coins, so again, there is scope for the seller to skim off some profit from the careless or the uninitiated. 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
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