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    Greek coin?

    in Ancient Coins

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    I can see the shape you have outlined, but the body of the rider seems to be incuse, which seems unusual?

    I don't know of many Ancient coins with the thick border rim, not with a blank reverse.

    No further forward I fear.

     

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    Greek coin?

    in Ancient Coins

    Posted

    I had a few looks, but I couldn't make much sense of this as a coin. The blank reverse is unusual and the detail on the obverse is difficult to make out.

    I thought a button, but at 36g that sounds unlikely. Maybe a plaque or insert to a decoration that has then been in the ground for a long time?

     

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    in Free for all

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    Not my area, but I would agree. Leaving aside the details on the coin there are two other red flags: Brand new seller - this is his first sale; he has excluded the supposed grading details from the picture. Shows enough to make you think it has been officially graded but no company or registration info included.

    I hope no one falls for it.

     

    How to value this coin

    in Free for all

    Posted

    Welcome to the forum @blake

    I don't know about the rest of your coins, but that one is definitely a replica. Gold washed copper and sadly virtually worthless. Real gold does not tarnish, so that is the biggest giveaway even before we look at the low quality of the manufacture.

    If you have others you are more confident of, please do post. Try to crop the pictures so we get the detail of the coin not acres of dull grey.

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    Plugged coins

    in British Hammered

    Posted · Edited by Paddy
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    Quite a few Counter-stamps are commercial. Many copper pennies were stamped with "Lloyds" and used as tokens for their paper. The Chinese used Chop marks to confirm authenticity or claim ownership.

    Some were also governmental - indicating a re-valuation or the use in subsidiary or revolutionary organisations. Many early Caribbean coins are counter stamped versions of other country's money.

    Engraving tends to be more personal, individual and so difficult to track down. When I first started collecting again in the early 2000s I picked up a cartwheel penny at an antiques shop, which, in the terms of the vendor, had been "Vandalised as someone's written all over the back" As a result it was cheap. The wording was something like "When this you see, think of me, J Bond 1827" - it was a transportation token created by or for someone about to be shipped to the colonies! I put it on Ebay, and it sold for a tidy sum, going to Australia. Sadly I no longer have a picture.

    Here is a Brazilian 20 Reis counter stamped by the government to revalue as 40 Reis.Brazil179940-20Reis2-side.thumb.JPG.e6919ffb25af526547d9949ca77b7428.JPG 

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    Help identifying coins

    in Beginners area

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    With the Sri Lankan coins, bear in mind that very similar designs were used on their coins for several generations of rulers. They can be distinguished by the real experts, but that is beyond me! If you want to be precise, I suggest you join Zeno and post good quality pictures there. You will usually get chapter and verse back within a few hours. (Do read the requirements for posting - they have strict guidelines.)

    Here is one I had years ago but sold to a collector in Thailand:

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    Help identifying coins

    in Beginners area

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    Welcome to the forum @sambevan77

    An interesting selection, but as you say nothing I think of startling value. It would take a long time and a lot of effort to fully ID all of those.

    A few shots:

    Row 1 - first is Roman, second looks to be "Hollandia" - ie Netherlands 18thc, third might be an Indian temple token, fourth and fifth I think are Ancient Sri Lankan, sixth looks byzantine, seventh no idea.

    Row 2 - first may be another byzantine, 2nd, 3rd, 4th look to be Indian , 5th maybe French, 6th, 7th and 8th Roman.

    Row 3 - 1st, 3rd and 4th look South American, 2nd might be the most valuable as it maybe an Indian gold Fanam, 5th and 9th no idea, 6th, 7th and 8th Indian or Middle Eastern.

    I hope that helps. You will have to do much more research in your own time, but hopefully those thoughts will get you into the right areas.

     

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    A History of Troy Weight

    in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries

    Posted

    I admire all your work and dedication to this subject. I would love to make a more positive contribution, but unfortunately I have little detailed knowledge on these matters, and do not find them interesting enough to invest the time to learn more about the topic.

    Please don't be put off - I am sure others must be much more interested than me!

     

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    Advice on selling my decimal coin collection and accessories

    in Beginners area

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    I had a very similar experience in about 2018. I spent best part of £1k on a huge collection of 50p, £1s and £2s with multiple duplicates. The scarcer pieces sold fairly easily - one Kew Gardens and a handful of Jemima Puddleducks, some of the £2 coins. The rest became a millstone around my neck and I ended up taking the bulk of them to the Post Office in 2023 at face value. Hence my advice above.

     

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