What is this coin? Anybody know?!

Discussion in 'What's it Worth' started by HeidiPiteo, Sep 14, 2015.

  1. HeidiPiteo

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  3. charlietig

    charlietig Well-Known Member

    Looks almost like a token to me..... but I could be wrong.
     
  4. HeidiPiteo

    HeidiPiteo New Member

    My husband found it in 1984 after hurricane Gloria on coast of New Jersey... It's heavy.. Pretty sure it's not a token
     
  5. fretboard

    fretboard Defender of Old Coinage!

    If it's anything at all, it could be an Ancient coin. Looks like a man on one side and a couple of animals on the other but I have no idea what it is. Somebody who knows will be along within a couple days, to say yay or nay. Interesting piece, too bad it's not gold. good luck
     
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  6. afantiques

    afantiques Well-Known Member

    That's a horse and rider on both sides, but it does not ring any bells with me.
     
  7. GSDykes

    GSDykes Well-Known Member

    looks like a horse with a rider, and a plain horse on the "reverse". Incused!! Odd. Let us know when you figure this one out.
     
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  8. THCoins

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  9. medoraman

    medoraman Supporter! Supporter

    Heidi, look at the edge. You will see a line running around the edge of this coin. That is the casting mark, proof it was cast in two pieces. Many tourist fakes are produced this way, and no authentic ancients were made that way. That, the fact its a known fake, and the style are all reasons I am sure its a modern tourist fake. I have tons of them, including one just like this, from misc Ebay group lots. I stamp them COPY and throw them in an old cigar box.
     
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  10. Daniel Jones

    Daniel Jones Well-Known Member

    An easy way to distinguish tokens, play money etc. from legitimate coins is legit coins almost always have a monetary symbol, place of origin date, and or other marker defining it. this object/item appears to have none of those features. Sorry.
     
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  11. HeidiPiteo

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  12. medoraman

    medoraman Supporter! Supporter

    Not ancients. What you say is true of most modern coins, but ancient greeks coins it is not true at all. This is copying, (badly), an ancient greek coin.
     
  13. Daniel Jones

    Daniel Jones Well-Known Member

    You are right. I should have specified that. And like you say, the style of coins are quite different from imitations, but trying to describe such differences with out images is like learning juggling from a hand book.
     
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