1864 Queen Victoria florin fake?

[declan03]

Hi.

Do any of you guys know if this 1864 florin is a fake? I bought it in a joblot last year. My scales are a bit dodgy but they are flashing between 11g  and 11.5grams. The width of the coin is 30.1mm. Non magnetic. There also seems to be a die crack which may go all the way through the coin. Sorry i have only supplied the obverse picture of the coin, but i am only allowed to upload 501kb.

Thank you.

[Nick]

Yep.  It's a fake.  1864 florin die number 64 is a well known wrong'un.  A search of this forum will provide plenty of information about these fakes.

Edited April 28, 2017 by Nick

[declan03]

Thank you Nick for your help.