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pls Rest in Peace United States 1729 Posts	Posted 04/06/2011 6:18 pm 20.68 grams, silver dollar size, reeded edge, another one acquired as part of an auction lot. I don't have a reference that goes back this far, so I have no idea as to what it is. The Cuds along the obverse edge look suspicious to me. Help? Report this Post to the Staff

jbuj Valued Member United States 126 Posts	Posted 04/06/2011 6:41 pm Prussian maybe? Report this Post to the Staff
Bluntedbobylon Valued Member United States 247 Posts	Posted 04/06/2011 7:01 pm Lots of fakes out there but it should be a Prussian Thaler. Prussian King Frederick I (1701-13). Report this Post to the Staff
pls Rest in Peace United States 1729 Posts	Posted 04/06/2011 8:26 pm That's what I was looking for - a starting point, Bluntedbobylon. Thanks. I do have a "Standard Catalog of German Coins" that shows it as KM #78. However ... the Catalog shows it with denticles on both the obverse and reverse, and unless the Cuds on mine count as denticles, I do believe I have a fake on my hands, dang it. BTW meant to show the edge, not an identical scan of the obverse, so ... Report this Post to the Staff
pls Rest in Peace United States 1729 Posts	Posted 04/06/2011 8:52 pm And now the plot thickens. This site shows photos of a 1707 Prussian thaler with the EXACT Cud pattern as mine, and NO denticles. The text indicates that the photo was taken by a Samuel Ho in 2010, so if both our examples are fakes, they no doubt came from the same source. This site also quotes the weight as 21 g, which is very close to my coin's 20.68. If my example is indeed genuine, I have a coin worth well into four figures, so I'd sorta like to determine whether or not mine is real. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 04/08/2011 12:52 pm 100% fake. Report this Post to the Staff
pls Rest in Peace United States 1729 Posts	Posted 04/08/2011 9:45 pm I agree, echizento. And I strongly suspect that the site that I listed above shows another fake just like mine. Neither looks "old", IMHO. Report this Post to the Staff
Stan Valued Member United States 143 Posts	Posted 04/21/2011 12:11 am That's a pretty good looking fake. Report this Post to the Staff
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