Strange Old Coin From Brazil, Is It A Clipped Counterfeit?!

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Kingz Pillar of the Community Netherlands 626 Posts	Posted 03/16/2011 11:24 am I bought this from someone on Dutch ebay, and it was in the token section... The description was very strange, I guess he thought it was a token of some sort... But luckily I knew it's an old coin from Brazil (maybe for counterstamp coinage? ) When I saw the "clipping" in the coin, I thought it might be a counterfeit which can be more rare / expensive... So can anyone tell me some info on the coin, and a grading would be welcome also! As I have no idea what the affect is on the badly readable date, which is 1832R I think. Report this Post to the Staff

Kingz Pillar of the Community Netherlands 626 Posts	Posted 03/17/2011 11:57 am anyone? Report this Post to the Staff
Kingz Pillar of the Community Netherlands 626 Posts	Posted 03/19/2011 8:55 pm Is there anyone who can say something about the coin, and this weird dent on both sides?! Report this Post to the Staff
Kingz Pillar of the Community Netherlands 626 Posts	Posted 03/23/2011 08:26 am 118 views? I was expecting at least 1 reaction or comment.... but none in several days.? Is this coin so common or what? becvause I never saw one, so if anyone has anything on this coin, I would be very gratefull! Report this Post to the Staff
Jays-Dad Pillar of the Community United States 790 Posts	Posted 03/23/2011 09:28 am It looks like post mint damage to me, but this is not my area of expertise. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 03/23/2011 7:16 pm It appears to be a damaged genuine coin to me, though as far as I was aware nobody really knows for sure which ones are genuine and which ones are high-quality counterfeits in this series. I'm not sure why you would think the "clipping" is a sign that it's counterfeit? 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
Kingz Pillar of the Community Netherlands 626 Posts	Posted 03/25/2011 08:33 am thanks guys for commenting, and sap I was just freestyling in my thoughts, I have no idea what this clipping means. I thought I read somewhere before that some counterfeit coins are clipped, so anyone can see it's a counterfeit... but I could be wrong, Actually I know nothing about these coins, beside the fact that the series were also made with counterstamps of 40 Reis if I'm correct. But how should I grade this coin, and what would be the approximate value of the coin? Looking forward to some info :) Edited by Kingz 03/25/2011 08:34 am Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 03/25/2011 10:30 am I would grade it "damaged, VF details". It looks as if the coin's gotten caught in a guillotine or some other straight-cutting device. As to why, I don't know. I don't think it was a deliberate attempt at denoting it counterfeit - it's my understanding that the people of the day simply didn't care whether the coins were counterfeit or not. I would assume it's simply gotten caught in machinery of some kind by accident. 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
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