Please ID Old Scotland Coin Charles II? Six Pence?

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bobo13 Valued Member Bulgaria 474 Posts	Posted 06/12/2009 12:57 pm Approx. 25 mm diameter/ 5.9 grams. Maybe Charles II copper coin? Report this Post to the Staff

Archraz Pillar of the Community United States 3499 Posts	Posted 06/12/2009 5:24 pm bobo13- I am not quite sure what to make of this one. The design on the reverse of the crowned thistle is clearly that of Scottish coinage of the 17th century. The problem is that the standard catalog does not show copper coins (pennies and two pence) that had a bust on the obverse. While this bust appears to be similar to those of Charles II that appeared on the silver coinage, the copper coins had a "rampant lion left, pellet behind, in inner circle" on the obverse (KM# 36, 40, 60, 37, 41, 61) or a "crown above crossed sword and scepter." (KM#35, 66, 67, 68, 69, 100, 114, 130, 137, 138.) So ultimately your coin remains a bit of a mystery to me. Report this Post to the Staff
bobo13 Valued Member Bulgaria 474 Posts	Posted 06/12/2009 6:02 pm Maybe this is the answerÌ http://www.silver6pence.co.uk/acata...60_1685.html My coin is in very low grade, but it is an interesting image outlined in red and I can not find similar coin on the Internet. I hope one of you has seen a similar, or likely to be a fake (although it was bought from UK). Similar coins: http://www.abccoinsandtokens.com/Sc...0Milled.html may have been minted some coins of Charles II with two busts. With one of his children? Edited by bobo13 06/12/2009 7:44 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16857 Posts	Posted 06/13/2009 05:26 am At 25mm it's certainly a bawbee (copper sixpence) and it's most likely genuine, but I'm sure that what you're seeing is not a second bust; it's probably just an odd random pattern in the corrosion. The only Scottish coins with multiple portraits were the coins of William and Mary, like this one, but your "second nose, lips and chin" are too off-centre (too close to the coins' edge) to be one of these. Besides, I'm pretty sure the first letter on the obverse is a "C" - for CAROLVS or Charles. I suspect the obverse is supposed to look http://cgi.ebay.com/Scotland-1678-C...33_W0QQitemZ 180362512220QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Coins_BritishHammered_RL?hash=item29fe71875c&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14&_trkparms=\|301:1\|293:1\|294:30 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
bobo13 Valued Member Bulgaria 474 Posts	Posted 06/13/2009 06:15 am yes, I agree, probably just corrosion, Thanks for your help Report this Post to the Staff
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