Need help on these two...

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by jlblonde, May 18, 2012.

  1. jlblonde

    jlblonde Señor Member

    Any help would be appreciated.

    Coin on the Left:
    Country of origin: Unknown
    Language: English & Spanish
    Diameter 24.2 mm,
    Weight 5.2g,
    Thickness 1.4 mm,
    Metal Unknown
    Edge: Plain
    Inscription:
    Obv "1914 New Slug"
    Rev "Libertad"

    Coin on the Right:
    Country of origin: Spain?
    Language: Spanish
    Diameter 25.5 mm,
    Weight 2.0g,
    Thickness 1.9 mm,
    Edge: Plain
    Metal Aluminum
    Inscription:
    Obv "Isabel II 1830 - 1904"
    Rev No Script


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  3. moneyer12

    moneyer12 i just love UK coins.......

    they are definitely fantasy pieces, the new slug coin reminds me a little bit of a walking liberty quarter.
     
  4. jlblonde

    jlblonde Señor Member

    Yeah, Kind of a Barber and Walking Liberty quarter in one.
     
  5. jlblonde

    jlblonde Señor Member

    Bumpin' for more help.
     
  6. Kasia

    Kasia Got my learning hat on

    I would say that the first one, the Libertad, was produced as a slug prior to about WWII, to be used in place of a quarter in a machine. If it had the weight and feel (and maybe even made of silver, I don't know) of a quarter, then that may have been it's purpose. By placing the Libertad instead of Liberty at the reverse top, and simplifying the Standing Liberty design, it could be looked on as a "token" and not a coin. I did a quick search, and evidently laws against tokens and slugs being used in place of real money in coin operated machines had not been stringent enough to stop the practice. Any one looking at someone placing it in a machine at a distance would not likely be able to tell it wasn't actually a real quarter. And placing the year 1914 on the obverse, when those weren't minted yet by the US would further suggest it was in fact a slug struck later privately.

    The second, I would guess might be a token or medallion.
     
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