can anyone verify my hammered shilling

[chris]

hi everyone

i have bought a charles the 1st hammered shilling and am wondering if anyone here could give us any info to whether its real or a copy

everything seems ok with it but the weight is 4.5 grams

[chris]

here is some side photos and feel free to keep them if youd like for future reference

[chris]

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[TomGoodheart]

Well, it's difficult to be absolutely sure with just a photo, but I'm pretty sure it's a cast copy. See above for a photo of a coin I seem to remember being sold on ebay as a copy which looks pretty much identical (ignore the Chas II crown)

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. I hope you didn't spend too much on it?

Edited May 4, 2010 by TomGoodheart

[chris]

Well, it's difficult to be absolutely sure with just a photo, but I'm pretty sure it's a cast copy. See above for a photo of a coin I seem to remember being sold on ebay as a copy which looks pretty much identical (ignore the Chas II crown)

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. I hope you didn't spend too much on it?

yeaa i did pay a few quid for it but, got back onto the seller regarding my concerns, the seler was also unsure and decided to refund my money and i got to keep the coin

[TomGoodheart]

yeaa i did pay a few quid for it but, got back onto the seller regarding my concerns, the seler was also unsure and decided to refund my money and i got to keep the coin

Sounds like a good result to me! I think it's always interesting to have a couple of examples of replica / fake coins as reference material. Providing they don't cost too much that is.

It's all part of the learning process I'm afraid. (I think I spent nearly £50 on my first counterfeit but it was such a nice example I kept it!)