Is this a copy or genuine?

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by Steven Shaw, Dec 11, 2022.

  1. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic numismatist Moderator

    Did you go to FUN? I was there. I’m confident that your coin got confirmation if you showed it to a dealer with the relevant specialty.
     
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  3. KBBPLL

    KBBPLL Well-Known Member

    There's a guy over on CCF constantly advocating for people to use the "ping test." The one where you balance the coin on your fingertip and then bang it with another coin. I think that it's a distinctly bad idea and have told him so. Maybe I'm wrong?
     
  4. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic numismatist Moderator

    You’re not wrong. The “ping test” is indeed inadvisable, but it is something one can get away with on a more modern milled coin struck after the late 1600s or so. However, as far as I know, it is useless at best- and risky at worst- on a thin hammered silver coin like the one posted here.

    Being much thinner, hammered coins won’t “ping” like thicker, more modern coins done on machine-made planchets do. And they can be fragile and brittle, as mentioned.
     
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