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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3331056, member: 112"]Just by looking at your picture I would have said it appears to be an obvious fake - for several reasons. And if I get out Delmonte's Silver Benelux, which to the best of my knowledge is the best book there is on silver coinage of the Netherlands, there is no such coin as the one you pictured - from any of the mints, let alone Holland. I can't help you much on that count. The best way to identify fakes is to know what the genuine coins look like. And the best way to know that is by owning the right books, such as the one I mentioned above. You have to know what the surfaces of the coins are supposed to look like, what the various legends are, what mints made them and in what date periods, where the dates are located during given date periods. In some they are in the top rev legends near the rim, in others they are on the lower rev inside the scroll work similar to the coin you pictured. On your coin the date itself is a dead give away as it is not even a date. Here are pics of two examples I used to own, both from the 1700's. Those from the 1600's are slightly different, particularly in regard to the location of the dates. On those the dates are in the legends. [ATTACH=full]882647[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]882648[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]882649[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]882650[/ATTACH] But I think you can easily see how different the surfaces of the 2 coins I posted are from the one you posted. These were obviously struck, yours looks like it was cast, which is indicated by what looks to be casting bubbles all over it, particularly on the obv. There are some on the rev as well, but fewer and less noticeable.[/QUOTE]

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