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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Xani, post: 1043558, member: 28089&quot;]I am new to this site as I have just registered to ask for help from those willing to give it.</p><p><br /></p><p>My parents and I were cleaning out my grandfathers old house and I found an Old coin in one of his drawers mixed in with some Silver Half dollars and some other coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I looked it up to come to the conclusion that it is a 1652 Oak Tree shilling.</p><p><br /></p><p>The front has: 1652 XII in the Middle, The XII under the 1652. The words: &quot;NEW ENGLAND ANDOM&quot; Circle around it. The Bottom where it was... Stamped on to the metal? Must have been off centered, As the dots that circle the coin are pushed up a bit from the exact edge. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Back of it has: &quot;MASATHUSETS IN&quot; Circling the outer of it, With the Oak tree in the middle. It is also Off Centered a little, Similar to the front.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I can&#039;t take a picture of it yet as all I have is my phone, and That doesn&#039;t do the coin justice and won&#039;t provide a clear enough picture, But I will do my best to describe every little detail on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is not a perfect circle, It is a bit Lumpy and seems fairly thin, But not TOO thin. It seems to be Silverish, But blackened in some areas, I guess it is because it hasn&#039;t been cleaned in so long?</p><p><br /></p><p>I looked it up before, and They say that Replicas of the coin have been printed, But the word &quot;Copy&quot; would be engraved on the coin under the &quot;XII&quot;. This coin does not have the word &quot;Copy&quot; Engraved there, Nor anywhere else on the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>It seems to have some reasonable weight to it. Also, I know this might not help, But when you spin a quarter and it&#039;s circling just before it falls, it makes that Classic Metal sounding noise. This coin seems to have a Lower sounding noise when it&#039;s just about to come to a stop. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m unsure if it&#039;s even real as it seems to be Too vivid for a Coin of that age, It&#039;s pretty clear/clean compared to the pictures I&#039;ve seen of most of them. But I do not know exactly.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will try to get Pictures of it up here as soon as possible, But if anyone can help me in the mean time, I would greatly appreciate it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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