ID please ?

[Patinap]

Hi there I am new to this forum, thank you for your accommodation. Information and value of this coin would be appreciated. Thanks.

[Rob]

The look suggests to me it might be a copy despite being battered. What's the weight? Clive will be up to date with all the copies of PAXS pennies. If a copy, then south of the couple pounds it costs to get one in a museum shop, if genuine a couple hundred at most because the mint isn't legible. The surfaces don't look good.

Edited July 4, 2015 by Rob

[Patinap]

I weighed on a scale that goes in gram increments, it is 3 grams plus the rest if it weighed in that method.

[Patinap]

Apologies 4

[Rob]

In that case it's genuinely wrong, which I suspected as the surfaces look cast. The weight should be 1.4 to 1.5g approx. The weight will vary, but not by a lot. e.g. the one below weighs 1.45g.

[Patinap]

Thank you.

[Rob]

Casts are invariably thicker because the metal has to be poured into a mould whereas a coin struck from sheet silver is actually quite thin, because the integrity of the metal means it follows the relief of the dies. You often see a line which shows the join around the edge because often casts are made in two parts.

Edited July 4, 2015 by Rob

[HistoricCoinage]

Yes, this is one of the most common types of modern fakes available at the moment and, as Rob says, the weight is wrong.

[Coinery]

You recovering well, Clive?

[HistoricCoinage]

You recovering well, Clive?

Getting there! Orthopaedic surgeon says I'll just need extensive physio and I've ordered this so I can commute to work in style.

[Coinery]

You recovering well, Clive?

Getting there! Orthopaedic surgeon says I'll just need extensive physio and I've ordered this so I can commute to work in style.

Nice bike!

[Peter]

Best wishes Clive

After hiring a Dawes trekking bike in Cornwall I bought one on returning home.

Result

Strong calfs and a sore bum.