I recently acquired these two coins and need assistance in possibly identifying them. One appears to be Greek and measures 10mm in dia. The other looks Spanish and measures 14mm in dia. Any assistance is greatly appreciated! Steve
The Greek coin is a Corinthian Stater. That is a great coin you have there,IF REAL. Center and full strike! Over $1000 easy. May be some damage from the mount that might bring the price down a bit though. The other is a Spanish cob dated 1676 (maybe 1776, cant remember right). Not sure on retail value.
send to pcgs or like i do go to your local museum and ask the curator of the coin section to validate it for you.
Understand, however, that coins like these are routinely made as copies for jewelry. Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) is the official grading service of the American Numismatic Association. Authentication costs about $50 per coin. If you goto the ANA website (www.money.org) and look at the left under Membership and under that dropdown for Dealers, you can find an ANA member dealer near you. You can search by specialty for Ancients. ANA member dealers adhere to a Code of Ethics. If your area has a larger local coin show, sponsored by a local or state club, one of the dealers there may be a specialist in ancients and Old World. Neither one of your coins looks genuine. I have published over a hundred articles on numismatics, many of them about ancient Greek coins. I have no idea if your coins are real, but it looks wrong to me, the way a Ford F-150 with a Dodge Ram nameplate would not look like a Dodge Ram. As helpful as people want to be, when you ask a question in a popular forum, the answer you get is just the first response Mike M.
