Odd George iii Shilling

[scotchaos]

Hello all this is my first post on your forum, I am a keen Scottish metal detectorist and found this coin on a beach last week. At first I thought it was an ordinary rather grubby water worn Geo iii shilling a welcome find none the less, however I noticed it has a stop above the head and can not find any similar or any info on it, I thought maybe some one here may know, it appears genuine.

[Rob]

Post a picture. The 1787 shilling and sixpence both have a stop above the head in most instances, although neither is rare, a no obverse stops shilling excepted and which from your description clearly doesn't apply.

[Chris Perkins]

Here is the picture.

[Chris Perkins]

And another picture.

It's a strange blob thing above the head. I'd speculate it's either die damage or its a fake shilling and wasn't made to the same standards as a real one. Fakes of these are very common and the colour is a bit wierd, but probably from being cleaned.

[Sylvester]

Could it be a mount mark or something that's been filled in? I know it was common to mount coins in this period.

Coins when cast often leave a protruding lump of metal (leading out of the mould) which is then filed off. Leaving something like that but it wouldn't be that small i wouldn't have thought.

How's the edge of the coin look?