Can You Please Help Me With My Coin? | Imitation Goloid $

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rhomivan New Member Philippines 3 Posts	Posted 01/01/2009 05:47 am i found a coin and I cant find an exact likeness of it in the internet. the engraved year says 1879 but I found a similar design that has 1878 in it. all the designs I saw for the year 1879 is different from my coin. I attached the same picture of what I saw in the internet. remember that the only difference of that coin from my coin is the year. the details, including the engravings and design are exactly the same. pls help me! thanks in advance. Image: coinA.jpg 58.79 KB Image: coinB.jpg 24.64 KB Edited by Sap 01/09/2009 11:35 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16834 Posts	Posted 01/01/2009 06:01 am It's a copy of an early American pattern coin. If you look on the reverse, it has "COPY" stamped on it below the weight in grams. 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
rhomivan New Member Philippines 3 Posts	Posted 01/01/2009 06:35 am i forgot to mention that it has no copy stamped into it, unlike the one in the picture. I think this is not a copy but I am not sure. I attached a photo of my coin here for further reference. Image: 1879coinC.jpg 4.75 KBthanks for the reply Image: 1879coin.jpg 3.52 KB Edited by rhomivan 01/01/2009 06:42 am Report this Post to the Staff
wwhitman Pillar of the Community United States 1415 Posts	Posted 01/01/2009 2:09 pm to CCF. Can't tell much from your pics. Can you take others. Also was the date 1879 on your coin? Report this Post to the Staff
KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 01/01/2009 2:44 pm From your second pics, I can just make out "Goloid", which refers to a US "metric" pattern dollar--an attempt at parity to other currencies. To comment on your coin, we would need much larger pics. Report this Post to the Staff
Bonedigger Pillar of the Community United States 1267 Posts	Posted 01/01/2009 2:58 pm Greetings and welcome to the forum. Unfortunately, from the evidence, pictures/information provided it doesn't look good. Probably counterfeit. Take Care Ben Report this Post to the Staff
rhomivan New Member Philippines 3 Posts	Posted 01/02/2009 02:41 am yeah, it says 1879 in the date. all of the design I saw point to it being issued in 1878 but mine has 1879 engraved into it. I hate to think that this may be counterfeit because it look really old and worn out. I may just keep this as a memento until someone can tell me that this is indeed valuable and rare. thanks to all of you for the info and hope to keep up with you guys! this site is real cool. Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 01/02/2009 11:02 am Quote: until someone can tell me that this is indeed valuable and rare Sorry to burst your bubble, but the passing of time is not going to make this coin any less fake- it is one of the numerous Asian counterfeits that have flooded the market. The looks of it are irrelevant, counterfeits can easily be artificially aged. Counterfeiters are not happy just counterfeiting actual coins anymore, they have turned to pattern coins and fantasy issues(real designs with impossible dates or mint marks). Report this Post to the Staff
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