Hi, I'm not familiar with forum's and I'm a newbie to the coin collecting community. I was invited to leave a message concerning a coin, by BlueRidgeSilverHound, who has a channel on YouTube. It is a 1652 Colonial willow tree three pence. I have researched it as well as Google has allowed. And I'm aware that there was counterfeits and copys for novelty purposes. And that there was only 3 known survivors, 1 in which was stolen from Yale University and never was recovered. I received this coin by way of my change from a local store as a dime. I had a friend that has a membership with one of the grading company's give me his opinion on real or not. He advised that it would most likely be a waste to have it graded. I would l Love to see if anyone could give me some feed back. Thanks so much!
[And please, don't mention you tube. Welcome to CT. ] 'YouTube' is a trigger word for some on here - see @ 4:45 for the payoff
You're probably right, it does resemble pewter. However the high points are a very shiny silver. I'm not sure if that is visible in the picture. I would imagine that weight or some other metal testing method could be used to determine the composition. Thank you for you input.
Thank you all for the conformation. Also for the warm welcome. My apologies for that mention. I won't mention them or any other media's title.
Just as an FYI. The issue is not mentioning another website. It is specifically YouTube. YouTube is filled with click bait coin collecting videos that are filled with misleading, inaccurate and incorrect information. There is some good stuff but sorting through the junk is difficult for new collectors. many YouTube users find Cointalk and come here for more info. It's tough telling them their YouTube treasure isn't worth anything and some will even argue that that their damaged coin is a rare , and we just don't want to tell them. Hang out for a while and you'll see the endless questions about 1969-s doubled dies and 1982 cents
