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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sonimc, post: 817343&quot;]<b>Hi All,thank you for your answers.</b> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>About the coin:</b></p><p>In the 1980s,my father got the coin(maybe not a coin) from a waste heap,and it had a hole near the top,but was plugged up later as you see.It weighs only 18.9 grams.The strange thing is that, it is not silver, copper but look like iron or other white metals. Its surface rust as you see in pictures.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>I&#039;m chinese.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />In my view:</b> </p><p>At that time,in China,living standard is still low.There is no need for people and unable to produce fake coins,especially for foreign commemorative coins.</p><p>So,I guess that this coin came from America but not chinese local. Maybe it&#039;s authentic or not,I can&#039;t find the relevant information. If it&#039;s personal production,I think it requirs much effort and patience.Using iron,why do that?The reverse is a copy of sorts of a trade dollar,with the &quot;S&quot; mint mark.Why the same pattern but not other patterns? Designing personal pattern I think it&#039;s not difficult at that time(1976) in America.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</p><p><b>I found one similar coin on Ebay,named&quot;Copper Bullion Bicentennial Token&quot;.</b></p><p><img src="http://v6.freep.cn/3tb_100220142625msdt346979.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://v6.freep.cn/3tb_1002201426221eao346979.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Description:</b></p><p><b>This is a copper bicentennial commemorative token.It is about the size of a silver </b><b>dollar.</b><b>On the obverse is pictured Lady Liberty with the word &quot;Liberty&quot; and several scenes from </b><b>the Revolutionary War.</b><b>On the reverse is an American Eagle, &quot;200 Years of Liberty&quot; ,&quot;United States of America&quot;, </b><b>the Liberty Bell, and tree. It is ringed with 13 stars.</b><b>Content of the token appears to be pure copper . It has a plain edge with a hallmark </b><b>&quot;Made in Canada&quot;. </b></p><p>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b><span style="color: darkred">Compared to the iron coin:</span></b></p><p><span style="color: black">obverse:</span></p><p><img src="http://v6.freep.cn/3tb_1002201426242tnq346979.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://v6.freep.cn/3tb_100220142625msdt346979.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>reverse:</p><p><img src="http://v6.freep.cn/3tb_100220144748k3vp346979.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://v6.freep.cn/3tb_1002201426221eao346979.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: darkred"><b>See that?</b></span></p><p><span style="color: darkred"><b>Obverse sides are similar but not the some.the copper coin&#039;s patterns are very elaborate,but the iron coin is characterized by simplified forms,like the style called impressionism. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></b></span></p><p><span style="color: darkred"><b>Reverse sides are quite different.It&#039;s more exciting,I think.</b></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>So,this iron coin is more like a mystery,just in my view.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></b></p><p><b>what do you think about that? Thanks.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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