I've never been one to bicker with or be condescending to anyone, but none of this from other people bothers me either. Critically thinking minds...
Ah so you missed that rare error penny that was struck with Superman and Batman dancing ballet together on the reverse :woot:
Those were later dated farthings. People were trying to pass fresh lustrous ones off as gold half sovereigns
Hard to tell if they are recent or vintage copies. If vintage then they will likely have some value. The first two look like they may be older...
The one on ebay is also an error coin with laminations, not common for the type.
It's fine as long as you treat them as you would other coins... not lick them and wash your hands after handling. If you have small children...
These coins are readily available in grades up to MS 66, so circulated examples don't have a big premium. Your coin in the condition shown is...
I believe this coin is a contemporary counterfeit made for circulation. The legends are very crude and poorly shaped. It also looks like silver...
Unfortunately replicas. The legends are mis-shapen and some design details are missing, for example the sun's rays are shown, but the actual sun...
Same, luckily we look for different things :)
Saw the same thing, a lot of the coins that are supposed to be mintmarked are not.
Appears to be a touch of wear on the crown and other high points on the reverse, obverse photo is too blurry to tell. Looks like a nice AU and...
Love the sun-face design, nice coins :)
Well it's not toning. Looks like someone gilded or spray painted it gold.
It does look somewhat PL from your first set of photos :)
Local token coinage... 1837 octavo, Municipalidad de Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico. Listed in Rulau "Latin American Tokens" as Mic 90
I'll go MS64, and a nice one too
I'm looking at it more and I think it may be an ex-jewelry piece. If your acquaintance can provide better pictures that would be great
There was a seller on ebay some years back that had thick gold plated copies made from high quality photographs he apparently took of a genuine...
I guess this depends a lot on personal experience with people you know, but 95% seems outrageous. Maybe if talking about a common interest group...
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