Is this a copy or genuine?

I'm not sure if this is foreign or ancient.

 

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Thanks lordmarcovan. It does look similar. It's not silver. I found it with a bunch of coins that I had in a small envelope. I don't remember where I had gotten it. I will bring it with me to the FUN show in January to get it confirmed.

 

I stand corrected. It could possibly be silver. Has a slight ring to it when I drop it on a granite countertop.

 

Same here nothing jumps out as fake.
Yep, these thin hammered coins can be brittle.

 

The less coins are handled the better. I keep mine in SAFLIPS. This way you can safely admire them without ever coming into contact with coin rims/ surfaces.

 

@panzerman, so do I unless I want to take a picture of it.

 

I even take my photos with coin inside flip/ I get uneasy removing them from holder/ in case of a mistake. But they look way better your method

 

Yes, Genuine. Henry III, 1216-1272, voided long cross penny, struck by moneyer Robert at Canterbury.

Class 5h (crown topped by trio of pellets at center instead of fleur), North 998; Spink 1374. This class dates from the end of Henry's reign.

 

Thank you @dltsrq

 

I also house most of my raw coins in safeflips. Whenever I get a new one, I remove it from the sellers flip/holder and then photograph it (terribly, but I do try) and place it in a fresh flip. Because of the nature of the more brittle flips, if I do happen to remove the coin for whatever reason it goes into a new flip after I'm done, but I rarely remove them once they are stored in the flip.

 

It's a beautiful coin, Steven. Amazing what the Brits did back then with making a half-penny, a "fourthing" (now farthing)... amazing.

 

Your hot today

 

You do love your coins!!! Their always so pretty.

 

If I am recalling correctly the Cross was in part used to guide "cuts" for Half Pennies and Farthings