Is this a copy or genuine?

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by Steven Shaw, Dec 11, 2022.

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  1. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Did you go to FUN? I was there. I’m confident that your coin got confirmation if you showed it to a dealer with the relevant specialty.
     
    lordmarcovan, Jan 12, 2023
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  3. KBBPLL

    KBBPLL Well-Known Member

    There's a guy over on CCF constantly advocating for people to use the "ping test." The one where you balance the coin on your fingertip and then bang it with another coin. I think that it's a distinctly bad idea and have told him so. Maybe I'm wrong?
     
    KBBPLL, Jan 12, 2023
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  4. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    You’re not wrong. The “ping test” is indeed inadvisable, but it is something one can get away with on a more modern milled coin struck after the late 1600s or so. However, as far as I know, it is useless at best- and risky at worst- on a thin hammered silver coin like the one posted here.

    Being much thinner, hammered coins won’t “ping” like thicker, more modern coins done on machine-made planchets do. And they can be fragile and brittle, as mentioned.
     
    lordmarcovan, Jan 12, 2023
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