Hi All, I have a coin that I have been unable to find any information on. The coin shows the head of Richard Caswell, the NC State Motto "Esse Quam Videri", and the date of Caswells demise 1789. The other side shows the State Capitol with STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA (above capitol) and and 12 stars in a circle below. The coin is about the size of a silver dollar. I am going to try to post a picture of the coin but if it doesn't work maybe I can send the photo's to someone who might be willing to post them for me. I think this coin is silver, and it is almost Proof like in apperance. Does anyone know what it is or what it might be worth. Thanks in advance and God bless. cordell P.S. I can't post the pic's. cordell
Can't Post Picture Of Coin Hi All, Tried the excellent instructions for posting pictures on this forum but mine are larger than accepted. Again any help would be appreciated. Take care and God bless. cordell
Welcome to Coin Talk! Judging from what you wrote, I guess that is a medal, not a coin. If your image is too large, you could try and downsize it - or upload the picture to a free hosting service such as http://www.imageshack.us/, and then post the link here. Christian
Hi chrisild, I tried to use that link but all I ended up doing was posting the above url. Maybe someone else can post it for me. I AM SENILE. Thanks in advance and God bless. cordell
Here is the image; I "downsized" it a little, but the details are still recognizable. The initials (above the year) are an E and a Y superimposed ... http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/2808/commyk8.jpg Well, this is not a coin but a medal, possibly made in 1989. Most silver medals have a little three-digit figure, e.g. "900" or "925", to indicate the precious metal content. I don't see that in the picture, so it is hard to tell whether that is a silver or a base metal piece. The "problem" with medals is that virtually anybody can have them made, while coins are made by (or on behalf of) the government. This also affects the value; apart from certain historical medals, or pieces created by famous designers, what you could get for such a piece is in quite a few cases just the melt value. Hope I don't sound too deterring here though. Maybe some other member knows more about this particular piece ... Christian
Nc Medal Christian, Thanks again for all the help. The coin/medal came out very well thanks to your efforts. Maybe someone will see it and be interested. It's a funny thing that you normally meet the nicest people very quickly when you are new to a forum. They are the ones that extend a helping hand. Thanks again and God bless you and yours.<><
