Not too long ago I posted some pics of my old coin that I have... The problem is that no one replied; thererfore can someone give me an answer I have high hopes for the coin; I also took my time to take very nice pics of the coin itself. Thnx Here's the link COIN
Well, Dan, if you'll look back at your thread, you'll see that someone did reply, and I'll have to agree with the other poster who said that the green corrosion is not something that you would find on high carat gold coins. Sorry. Good luck to you, though.
I didn't respond to your earlier thread because JBK had said all there is to say before I saw it. Of course in any event, whatever it's made of, it's not a coin at all, but rather a token/jeton/play money/medal/???, since it lacks any indication of a governmental issuer or a denomination.
On the down side, it is hard to read the inscriptions and the Julian clan shares a lot of commonalities. Scans are second best (if that) to seeing the coin in person. That said, I can make out DIVI. Judging from its size, it is a sestertius. Based on the DIVI and the portrait, I will hazard a guess that it is a posthumous issue celebrating the deified Augustus Caesar. The S C on the reverse stands for Senatus Consulto, standard on bronze coins of the empire. The "hole" or "dimple" on the reverse is something of a problem. Roman bronze coins do not usually have this. (It is more typical of Ptolemaic bronze from Alexandria and may be the result of lathe work on the flan (planchet). Among the very many fine sites about Roman coins is: http://dougsmith.ancients.info/
British sovereigns are not coins, then, because they have no denomination? The coin does say SC, a very governmental indication from the Senate of ancient Rome. Whether the coin is genuine or not is another problem entirely, of course. Also, it seems to have its color from having been cleaned. Most sestertii are brown or green or something in between, from their patinas. If you clean one harshly, it might look like this.
I have seen several gold 20 D marks 1900-1912 from a collection being sold of about 50 of these coins They were uncirculated and about a third of the collection had one or two cupperchloride green spots on the gold coins Some of the coins loked like they excrated copper from the mix I can only show one I bought
They do have an indication of the government that issued them, however. A good example of why it isn't a good idea to shoot off the mouth without being sure the brain is loaded. I was totally ignorant of that fact, and didn't recognize the age of the piece. Mea culpa.
