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Message:: [QUOTE="satootoko, post: 23466, member: 669"]You have a replica of a crown-size 25g, 37mm, .900 silver 5 pesetas. To be an exact copy it should have the "V" mintmark for Valencia, the "SG" mintmaster initials for Sixto Giber Polo, and the six-pointed star incused with a small "98" on the obverse, and the legends "REY CONST DE ESPANA [Constitutional King of Spain] 5 PESETAS"? Why make a replica?  Among other reasons for a decorative touch on a leather box.  Enlarged replica coins are usually not contemporary with the circulation of the originals, but rather decorative items and/or tourist souveniers.  Making a gold-colored (brass?) replica of a silver coin is not that unusual, as that makes it look fancier. Value?  What someone would pay for it.  (That's not a frivolous response.)  There are replica collectors, but pricing a particular one can be exceedingly difficult, especially when it is mounted on some other artifact.  Collectors of that type of artifact (leather boxes in your case) are often the best potential customers.[/QUOTE]