Does anyone know what the weight of a feuchtwanger cent should be? I now own two of them and one weighs 2.4 grams and the other only 1.8 grams. could they both be genuine? Thanks coswho
I'm not sure what mine weighs since I don't own a scale and I haven't found out what it SHOULD weigh.Since it was made of Feuchtwanger's own "German Silver" composition,there may have been a lot of variation in weight from batch to batch. To sum up,I don't know.:smile
to CoinTalk coswho. I've moved your post here both because it has nothing to do with the subject of the thread you attached it to, and because it's much more likely to be seen by people who can help you than it would be in the World & Ancient forum. Whether or not you get your exact question answered, you'll learn quite a bit about your coins by clicking here.
Thanks for your help. Through several links, I found my answer. It should weigh 2.45 grams. This does not not mean the lighter coin is fake though. Since there were no standards or tolerances in place back then, just about anything goes. Just as I expected authentification was recommended. Thanks again coswho.
Coswho, I have never seen a counterfeit feuchtwanger cent. If your one that is light, is in fact a counterfeit, I think you could sell it for a nice amount, as there are some who collect counterfeits intentionally.
To view pictures, go to the gallery, under the members catagory look in tokens. Feuchtwangers cent. Sorry, I'm a rookie. there's probably an easier way to do this, but this is the only way I could figure out how to post a picture.
Welcome to the forum! The 1.8 gram token is too light by about 25%. There are small differences in weight between Feuchtwanger tokens because each 'batch' of German silver used for minting them had a slightly different composition, but 25% means either your token is not made of German silver, or a substantial part of the token is missing.
I took some newer pics of mine out of the holder.The color of the German silver is very distinctive and these photos are pretty close to "in hand".I think your photos look different possibly because of lighting and/or toning differences.I've seen a lot of these up close and they LOOK like silver,not copper. Here's the link to Coswho's Feuchtwangers...very nice examples if they're both genuine! http://www.cointalk.org/gallery/showimage.php?i=568
I went to a con show today and one of the guys showed me a Feuchtwanger that he just got in a bag of junk silver from a dealer. What a deal!
Frank,how much did you offer the guy for it? I bet you would have liked to have added that coin to your collection. Aidan.
