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New Member
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Hi, I received this coin as a gift a few years ago. I thinks it's a medieval Charles I from Austria (1346-1370). I used to have a silver equivalent as well but it was lost, I remember seeing the exact same set was sold for around £20000. So if anyone has any insight? I haven't got a valuation for it yet from any bodies. Thanks.    
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Knowing nothing about it at all, I'd have to say it just doesn't look old.  to the CCF! Edited by Coinfrog
04/06/2021 11:29 am
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New Member
United States
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New Member
 United Kingdom
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Does it look like a new cast or maybe very well preserved?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4963 Posts |
This looks like a modern replica. Sorry!
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 United States
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United States
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to the community I can not comment if genuine or not. If genuine the condition is outstanding. |
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New Member
United Kingdom
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Thanks for the replies. Thinking of sending it to the NGC.
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Valued Member
Canada
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I know its late to chime in ....but if it means anything, the images seem to show the fakes as being well centered whereaas the real coins are not. Yours seems well centered; so I concur with the majority that its (likely) fake
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Pillar of the Community
 Sweden
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What you have is a nice looking replica.
I can point to three things that distinguish this coin from a genuine one:
1. It is perfectly circular. Medieval hammered coins are not. They are manually cut out from sheets of metal and then hammered with great force, inevitably leading to an uneven shape.
2. The lettering is completely even and regular, each letter being flat and all letters raised the same amount above the surface of the coin. In a die for a medieval coin, the letters are manually engraved or punched, resulting in slightly varying depth across the recess for a letter and differences in depths between letters. Any unevenness in how the hammer hits the flan will add to these irregularities.
3. The fine-grained surface points to the coin being plated rather than of solid gold.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Excellent explanation. Money spent at NGC would be wasted. Here is a recent sale of an authentic coin (in lower condition than the one posted by @drewid): https://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotv...c1014385662a There are some ugly replicas out there, but this one is very attractive, with a lot of attention to detail like authentic representation of gothic lettering of the era, etc. |
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New Member
United Kingdom
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I see, I had thought myself about the flawlessness of the coin but I guess I was just hoping it would be worth something.
Thanks for the insight
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