Can anyone help me with this coin please?

Hi there, i am new to this forum and coins, my fat law has asked me to help him go through his coin collection with a view to selling some of the coins which may be worth something so my in laws can put the money towards a holiday, i dont really know much about coins only the little bit i have read on the internet and a couple of books i purchased, he has this coin:

Georgius 111
1823
gold looking coin,

could anyone tell us anything about it please

many thanks in advance

jessica

 

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Thanks for the reply, i didnt think it would be genuine, bu you just never know do you, thanks :smile

 

Hi Jessica and a warm welcome to CoinTalk :hail: What I can tell you is that it is British, the guy on the front is George III and you have the reverse design Saint George slaying a dragon. This design was introduced by the Italian engraver, Benedetto Pistrucci in around 1817 I think.
The design was used on (and still is) the British Gold Sovereign. I cant realy tell a lot from your pics as they are rather small, but it is possible that it is a forgery the design dont look right even that small LOL or it could possibly be a commemrative medlet. In either case I would disagree with doug about the its only value been that of melt LOL There are many collectors of Royal commemrative medals and also of forged coins.

 

Forgot to mention George II was dead in 1823 LOL

Reign 25 October 1760 – 29 January 1820

 

i will up load a new scan i have figured out today how to do it lol give me a minute.

 

Here we go

 

Unless something is very wrong with my eyes, I cannot see that this coin is gold, (did they ever make white gold coins?)

 

It looks like a cast counterfeit to me. Notice the sprue at 11:00 on the obverse (1:00 on the reverse). That's a telltale sign of a cast counterfeit.

 

Strange as this might seem they did make fakes out of Platinum LOL nope not a coin though, the horse is all wrong as is the kings head. but it might well be some sort of private issue commerative medal I actualy like it LOL Thanks for the bigger pic doug that was appreciated :hail:

Ps just realised it is not George the III but the IV so the counterfit idea is still valid. and if it is from that period I would hang on to it

 

Thanks for the replies, in hand it really does look gold, maybe it just does not look right on the photo,

thanks for the help with the coin though, interesting what we have come across in dads collection, its really nice to know what the coins are so we can catalog them and put a bit of a narrative with them,

i dont care that its a fake i really like the coin, it has character,

thanks again,

 

I agree, its interesting.

 

Thats what I thought they were as well :smile