I don't have any experience with colonials at all. I inheirited this years ago and quickly wrote it off as a replica. Every now and then I get a little doubt in my mind, but since I'm 99.9% sure it's not real, I never have the courage to ask anyone. But today I thought I'd go ahead and just clear it up for good so I don't keep wonder if I'm missing something. I suspect it's pewter or some pewter mix. It looks too perfect and the chances of it being real are just too small. However, when I search exhaustively for replicas, they never look like this, hence my recurring back-of-the-mind doubt. The weight in the flip is just under 5 grams. Opinions?
Couldn't tell you. But if you ever find yourself in Vegas, hit up that famous pawn show on tv. I'm sure Rick has a buddy
There are a lot of different variations, I've looked. Never found any that look like this one as either genuine or replica. And like I said, I had already written it off as a replica long ago but every now and then I wondered if I should verify just in the off chance... Thanks!
You were right when you said "it was too perfect". None of these coins are even close to perfect. Someone once told me that the easy way to ID counterfeits of these coins is: If they are round, they are not real. If they are flat, they are not real. This is both flat and round. Someone please correct me if I'm incorrect....this far astray from my collecting area....Mike
p.s. here's some more detail on the striking of the time: http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/OakTree.intro.html http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/PineTree.intro.html
Too perfect is right , these were crudely struck by a hammer . The holder looks older than the coin .
