susieq Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 Help required please!My husband took this coin to dealer who said it was a forgery, BUT, offered £30.00 for it!How can I tell if it's real or not?Thank you in advanceSusan. Quote
Rob Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 Help required please!My husband took this coin to dealer who said it was a forgery, BUT, offered £30.00 for it!How can I tell if it's real or not?Thank you in advanceSusan.Hi Susan.It's definitely a modern copy as the mark in the first quarter of the reverse (the one with 15 in it) has the heart shaped mark. This is worth a pound or two and no more. Quote
Peckris Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 That dealer sounds suspicious to me.From what I can see of it (the pictures are too small), it could well be a replica, which isn't a forgery as such but neither is it genuine. The surface looks like it is the wrong metal, and there's a suspicious triangular 'cut out' on the obverse ("heads") side between 8 and 9 o'clock where the circle of beads is. And on the reverse there is a shamrock shape to the left just above the centre line. Either of those might contain the initials WRL which stands for Westair Reproductions Limited. If sthat' what you see there, then it's definitely a replica and not worth very much. Certainly not £30. Quote
susieq Posted June 2, 2014 Author Posted June 2, 2014 Oh well I won't give up the day job yet!Sorry about the image size, but the first files were too big!Would it be okay to post just one more coin for you to cast your expert eyes over? My dad as per, had boxes of coins, I have had them lying gathering dust until my son came up yesterday with an old large 50p! He thought that was an antique!Thank you for your opinions.Susan. Quote
Coinery Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 Sell it to your dealer for £30! I can find him plenty of others if he's happy to pay that? 1 Quote
susieq Posted June 2, 2014 Author Posted June 2, 2014 Haha! He then flung it in the bag of sliver 3d, and offered £13.00 the lot :-( thought when I found it that it was too good to be true! Quote
HistoricCoinage Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 any thoughts on the dover port token?That appears genuine from the photographs. Quote
susieq Posted June 2, 2014 Author Posted June 2, 2014 Thank you, any idea on it's worth if anything? Bearing in mind I thought it was like a gaming machine token! Quote
bagerap Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 The Dalton & Hamer (definative catalogue) description is:1794 Kent Dover Halfpenny Conder Token D&H #16aOBVERSE: Bust to right. THE R. HON. W. PITT. LORD WARDEN CINQUE PORTS: REVERSE: The arms of Dover (ship, knight, castle). CINQUE PORTS TOKEN PAYABLE AT DOVER 1794. EDGE: PAYABLE IN LANCASTER LONDON OR BRISTOLIn that condition, it should do well. Possibly £25-40, depending on who sees it. Quote
scott Posted June 3, 2014 Posted June 3, 2014 or less if I see it >.>I would go with around £40. looks nice on the eye which helps. Quote
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