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<p>[QUOTE="Kazmer81, post: 1085890, member: 28885"]This scanned image isn't perfect. The actual coin has been compared side by side with a legit sovereign and there are no distinguishable differences. The coin I have is indeed worn down, but it is worn down the way that any sovereign would be that was in a river for many years. Anyway, I figure it's a forgery, I guess. However, it does weigh exactly that of a half sovereign (3.99g) and it the diameter of the full sovereign that year and is seemingly indistinguishable to the naked eye when viewed in person. Anyway, is it not possible that this coin was struck at the mint? Perhaps unauthorized? I have no idea how the minting process works, so that is why I ask. No one has seen a forgery like this one and the two collectors I have shown were very surprised at the similitude to the real ones they have. Any more idea? Has anyone seen these stamps that are on the neck of King George?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Kazmer81, post: 1085890, member: 28885"]This scanned image isn't perfect. The actual coin has been compared side by side with a legit sovereign and there are no distinguishable differences. The coin I have is indeed worn down, but it is worn down the way that any sovereign would be that was in a river for many years. Anyway, I figure it's a forgery, I guess. However, it does weigh exactly that of a half sovereign (3.99g) and it the diameter of the full sovereign that year and is seemingly indistinguishable to the naked eye when viewed in person. Anyway, is it not possible that this coin was struck at the mint? Perhaps unauthorized? I have no idea how the minting process works, so that is why I ask. No one has seen a forgery like this one and the two collectors I have shown were very surprised at the similitude to the real ones they have. Any more idea? Has anyone seen these stamps that are on the neck of King George?[/QUOTE]
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