Hey guys, new here. Found this coin in my uncles old coin box that apparently came from some antique store in 1976 that closed down. It caught my attention because it had a sticker on it "RARE COIN $1500" so since it was priced the most expensively, it's the one I have been looking up and did a little research on it but I'm still lost as to how to tell what gives it off as a fake exactly (coin newb) I would appreciate it if you guys could just take a look and tell me what you think,
One of our members, ryanbrooks, will be able to help you out. He has a couple of these (different but similar) now: http://www.cointalk.com/t118298/
Looks pretty legit to me. Very porous, though. Yeah, maybe Ryan should take a look at it, not EXACTLY sure...
In my professional opinion it is a couterfiet - There are only 3 examples of the New England type.Looks to be a cast piece,also on the Obverse the tusks are too far from the rim to be the variety shown.
Hi, welcome to the forum. Elephant tokens are a favorite of mine and I love it when these pop up, whether real or not. I'm sorry to say that yours is 99.99% counterfeit. Only three examples with that reverse are known to exist, being the rarest variety of the tokens. Also, the surface color and texture of your token has does not match up to the ones made in the 17th century. BUT it's not totally worthless. I actually bought one of these (counterfeit of course) a few months ago. You can tell that they have some age to them so these fakes were made a while back. Although they're not worth the thousands the real one's are worth, they're still nice to hang on to.
I have to agree with the assessment of a reproduction. The lettering looks odd to me not to mention the surfaces.
just came across one of my own. this appears to be quite real, but again. i know nothing about coins. im going to get it inspected either way..heres a few pictures.
A very nice one you have there, but yet again, it's a counterfeit. Still worth some money though this is the nicest raw one I've seen.
The obverse has the electrotype look, as well as raised rims. If you look at the Elephant Tokens from the original time period, you will see the texture is a lot different than yours.
1694 elephant token new england I just found this coin in my Grandfathers coin collection and had a few questions: It is very dirty should I clean it and with what product? Also, how do I know if it is real?
Welcome! No, don't clean it. If you can, take a picture of it (both sides) and let the pros see it here to determine what should be done with it. If you clean it improperly, you could destroy the majority of the value it has if it is authentic.
When I try to attach the photo it says the file is to large. can I send it to you by email or how do I change the file size?
Use a site like photobucket.com (it's free and easy to use) and upload from there using the IMG option under the picture you load there. Copy that IMG line and paste it into your post. I like to keep my pics at around 600 pixels.
Here are the pictures: http://s1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa383/hartmaj1/?action=view¤t=NewEngland.jpg http://s1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa383/hartmaj1/?action=view¤t=NewEngland2.jpg
Here is the pictures: http://s1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa383/hartmaj1/?action=view¤t=NewEngland2.jpg
Hi, First off, I don't see anything to clean off of the coin so please do not mess around with it. And to your question about authenticity, I'm afraid it is a counterfeit too. But like I've said, it's an old counterfeit so it's not worthless. The raised rims, the lettering on the reverse and the way the coin has corroded tells me the coin is not real. Nice coin though!
When you say not worthless, what do you mean? $5.00 or $500.00? I'm not really into this and debating whether to give this to my 9 yr old son or sell it to someone who may appreciate it.
