Hi all, I have a coin/medal and i cant find what it is. It is the same as the one in the picture but it is a 1889 and it has a fancy part of silver on top of it like it was ment to be a medal or hang of a necklace. I would like to know what it is and what it is worth It is in realy good condition All help will be Great Thank you Gary
Garyj, That is an 1887 silver crown of Queen Victoria.It is valued in the Krause catalog as follows. KM765: Fine $13.50/ Very Fine $27.50/XF $45.00/Uncirculated $125.00,to me,yours looks VF or XF but I'm lousy at grading.It looks like something weird happend to the finish (cleaning?) Maybe someone else can chime in? It IS a coin,not a medal. The reverse is St.George slaying the dragon.
Hi, The one in the picture is not the one i have. The one i have is the same but a 1889 and it has a fancy bit of silver on top like it was ment to be a medal. Like a round coin with a peice on top to make it into something that can be put on a necklace or a war ribben Still need help Thankyou Gary Jones
Hi Gary, and a belated to CoinTalk. The different date simply means yours was minted at a different time than the one in your picture. That "fancy bit of silver on top" is simply after-mint damage, caused when someone decided to make the coin into jewelry, and chose to make it a pendant by silver soldering a loop directly to the coin, instead of fitting it into a separate bezel containing the loop. Coins have been made into jewelry for centuries, and at least in relatively modern times the use of a bezel is the most common method, but direct solder is not that rare. I recently paid an expert jeweler a little more than the bullion value of an early Japanese yen to remove such a loop. Of course, I still have a damaged coin, but it's nowhere near as bad as it was when I bought if for 10% of the catalog value for an unamaged one.
