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New Member
United Kingdom
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Hello all, A bit of an odd one here. I've been lent a coin by a friend that has been in his posession for years. He took it to a car boot sale once to speak to a coin dealer there who told him it is most likely a token from a children's game but thankfully he opted for a second opinion before parting with it, as personally, I think it is a special edition coin (but happy to be proven wrong). The coin is gold in colour, dated 1887, with Bramick and Co Germany printed on the rear. The coin is very small, about 13mm diameter (think just smaller than a current UK 5p coin). It is my belief that the coin is a commemorative for Queen Victoria's golden jubilee, but the Bramick and Co, Germany, written on the reverse of the coin is what baffles me. A search of my books, this forum and other websites throws up only one similar coin, although no information was provided with that either, please see link for images which are identical to my coin. Any information, especially on what the coin is, was released for, and a current value would be greatly appreciated. https://www.worthpoint.com/worthope...ck-220673105Thanks in advance ~Serth |
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Moderator
 United States
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@serth, can you please add pics of your friend's coin to this thread? Thx.
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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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Pictures of actual coin here. Please excuse quality, coin and details are so small that my phone camera can't pick them up!   |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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The dealer at the boot sale was likely correct.
It is not a coin-all UK coins have an inscription with the monarch's name on it. Can you imagine the outrage if a British coin had the name of a company and the word "Germany" on it? Also, the quality is very crude-not mint quality, but play money quality.
There were a lot of tiny play coins issued in the victorian era, most of them made in Germany.
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United States
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Ok yes I agree—most likely spiel munze or play money.
"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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Thanks for the replies, much appreciated! So relatively worthless unless I can find a 19th century German board game token collector?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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@serth, yes you are correct. I have seen similar items in dealer's "junk boxes". As a casual collector of exonumia I would have picked it up for 25 cents or so. Possibly someone in the know might pay more but I think that the market for this stuff is very thin.
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