Mary I Groat

[MichaelC62 0]

Hello.I have just purchased a Mary I Groat from a experienced coin dealer but it doesnt ring like a coin when I drop it on my desk, and has a low Specific gravity. I noted in a forum topic from 2012 mention of a Mary Groat database of fake coins. Could someone please compare my coin or advise me of how to find this database. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.

 

[jelida 1,196]

It looks OK to me, probably a detector find judging by the marks. To elicit the 'ring' of silver you need to drop it - not too far- on a glass surface for consistency. But beware that if it is a 'dug' coin it may be brittle. What is its actual weight? 

Jerry

[blakeyboy 1,601]

Isn't it odd that we all listen to the 'ring', yet silver's not a bell metal...

I slide them down a magnet.