Hello guys i just wanna have some information about this coin my little brother found it i tried so much to get information but i did not get anything about it so can you help me
Not sure what it is, but someone else might know. And dont label it as a "very rare coin" when you don't even know what it is.
Post it here I am sure someone can give you a value and how rare it is http://www.cointalk.com/threads/wor...west-acquisition.165399/page-230#post-1934063
Jello's link puts you in the middle of a thread about other coins. It'll be better to start your own thread here: http://www.cointalk.com/forums/world-coins/
I think a new thread posted in the world coin forum trying to identify the coin in question will be the fastest and simplest way to get the answers the OP is looking for. Not adding it to an already huge thread for it to get lost.
Do as you please . I know there a lot of folks at that link that would have the knowledge to tell variety of coin. But helping is wrong? What has this forum come to expert that are expert in there own minds .
I never said that helping was wrong. I just simply pointed out that the thread you suggested had a decent chance of getting this question buried under many other posts.
I meant no disrespect, but, IMO, a separate thread might get the OP more attention. Is your link the only link that will provide info on the OPs coin?
This is a very difficult question. To post correctly, you need to know something about the coin but I certainly don't. I started ignoring the thread jello suggested some time ago because I know so little about the modern coins it attracts. I suspect many modern collectors will see this item and assume that it is an ancient coin (which it is not, IMHO) so posting it as a stand alone but not flagging the post to tell what it is in general (coin, token, world, ancient?) will also cut down on the target audience (as I suspect from the first reply). I have no knowledge of the correct category here so I assume it is a token of medieval or modern manufacture but that is just based on my not recalling seeing it before. If I were going to research it, I might want to rule out Pilgrims' Tokens but I certainly have no experience with them and could be of no help separating a real medieval item from a tourist piece from the last century. https://www.google.com/search?q=pil...4Dsal8gG144HIDQ&ved=0CC0QsAQ&biw=1280&bih=685 While management has repeatedly upheld their decision not to add specialty sections like 'ID Help Requested' (a decision with which I agree), this item is exactly what will fall between the cracks of the readers here. Few of us read every post and a post entitled 'very rare coin' that starts off with arguments is not very likely to attract serious attention. I assume this was intended at a slam at someone but I'm not sure who. If the intent is to help the OP, I would suggest the mods delete this entire mess and repost it where they believe it belongs.
There was a thread about another one like that... http://www.cointalk.com/threads/early-jewish-shekel-real-or-fake.228110/
a year ago you and some others commented on the same coin that it was fake because it was thick and looked like two coins soldered together .the person who posted this named his add as it is EARLY JEWISH SHEKEL.and as commented you and the others said it was fake.Now how sure are you about it is early shekel.because i searched hard over the net and did not see the same one listed among all the Jewish Shekels.so my question again is it a SHEKEL OR NOT, and if it is please provide sources.by the way the shekel of the first Jewish revolt looks very similar to it.
They look a little like your piece, as in style, but not very close. I am familiar with the Jewish pieces from David Hendin's books, and own many of them like First Revolt and Bar Kochba war, and your piece it not an authentic ancient Jewish coin. If you disagree I would recommend checking out Mr. Hendin's book "Biblical coins and their Values". I believe he is up to the fourth or fifth edition, but any edition will work. Newer editions only add local city coins and roman provincial coins with Jewish themes. Btw, you ever think why a JEWISH coin would have a cross on it? My opinion would be it is a hodgepodge item concocted to look old to sell to tourists visiting Israel. The obverse being derived from Bar Kochba coins, and the reverse borrowed from 8th century Byzantine silver coins.
