1559 Switzerland Thaler - Presumed Fake

A real one would weigh twice that. I could not find any 3/4 thaler coins. That being said I do not have a picture of a real one.

Thanks, and it is a nice-looking coin. But like the others, I can't find anything that looks like this. There are coins with this obverse, and with this reverse, but not on the same coin. And then there is the weight, which seems totally odd. So who counterfeits a coin that doesn't exist? Thanks for the link, John, as I hadn't seen that page in my research on this thing.

Help me out just a little more please. I tried that on this forum and on full internet search. Can't come up with that number on a coin. Wikifacts doesn't list it and can't get any hits. Out of my zone here so maybe a link?

Thank you so much for that, as it seems to have been the answer. I followed your research, and after realizing that using the word "restrike" would get me where I wanted as well, learned a fair bit. So, to the best of my knowledge and based on an educated seller's listing, I think this is best labeled as Scheiz-Zurich Thaler 1559 Restrike by Lauer 19th Century. 23.3g.

I found a bit that noted these were made of white metal, not silver, and most of the ones I found came in pretty close in weight to the one I have. Also, along with a perfect die match to the Lauer restrikes, I learned that they actually came as jewelry, not a coin. That means they all originally had a clasp at 12:00, and sure enough, looking at the edge of my "coin" I found remnants of a clasp that had been sanded or filed off but still quite obvious.

So I think that closes the door on this one, which based on the one sale I could find with it correctly listed as a restrike makes it about a $40 item, and perfect for my counterfeit collection.

Thanks to all who commented and especially tdziemia for such valuable help.