is this a good cnut penny or is it fake

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Looks like the real deal to me, unless you have reasons to suspect that it's not. Nothing which suggests forgery there.

 

thank you
I got it from silbury coins.
im new to colleckting
and no i have no reason other than it just looks very nice, weight 1,15 gram diameter 17,8 mm

 

I think it is quite OK.
Silbury is a trustworthy dealer and sometimes you'd better choose dealers rather than coins.
BTW, it is a nice coin and I like it!

 

Oxford?
I cannot read the moneyer. Could you please tell me the moneyer?

 

its eagelfer or ægelferd from norwich. york coins sold one like it but with a slight different obverse
one just like mine on this site http://www.englishhammered.com/cnut/cnut03.html

 

Looks nice quality to me.
Depends what you paid.I wish I had filled my boots up when a hoard was being sold at £50 to £80 each a few years back.
You will pay at least 5x that now.

 

i payed 400 £ a bit much.

 

just a word of warning...............................http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Ashmore

 

yes know about him
dont you like the penny Moneyer12 ?

 

this is the one from york coins

 

That's approx $650 USD! What size/weight is that coin??!!!
Rare???
Sorry for my ignorance.

 

just a word of warning ashmores fakes were so good some of them are still in the trade today a friend of mine uncovered one at the start of last year. i'd get it properly authenticated by sending a picture to the coins curator at the british museum and asking for their help. it is free and they give a genuine authentication....................

 

have you got an email for the british museum ?

 

here is the link.......i always use the museums to authenticate coins as they hold the finest collection of numismatic literature in the country........


http://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/.../coins_and_medals

 

here is a photo of an ashmore cnut penny sent to me by one of my friends in the trade, look at this and you will see just how good a forger he is, this forgery is a york variety.



but if yours is genuine it is a superb example of a rare coin.

 

i have now sent an email to the museum asking for help
i will post their reply when I get it.

 

this coin is on ebay now
this must be the ashmore in your photo

 

Hope "cnut" wasn't a typo............................

 

no it isn't, the asmore coin is in my friends black museum.