Title: Help identify a coin thing pls Post by: wondering on July 27, 2014, 03:15:01 PM This is an odd one, I picked this up in some change a while back and best I can tell Its silver and best I could tell the head on it is Alexander the great but I definitely could be wrong.
http://s487.photobucket.com/user/viper2uk/media/IMG_0835.jpg.html (http://s487.photobucket.com/user/viper2uk/media/IMG_0835.jpg.html) http://s487.photobucket.com/user/viper2uk/media/IMG_0834.jpg.html (http://s487.photobucket.com/user/viper2uk/media/IMG_0834.jpg.html) If anyone knows what it is please help me out even if its scrap lol. Thanks George Title: Re: Help identify a coin thing pls Post by: Val Beechey on July 27, 2014, 03:55:01 PM Can't see it in proper detail. Can you see WRL stamped on it anywhere ? if you can it's a modern copy.
It looks good though, not like the copies I've got. Have you done a silver test ? Val Title: Re: Help identify a coin thing pls Post by: wondering on July 27, 2014, 04:15:36 PM No WRL stamp on it and I haven't silver tested it yet will do when I get kit
Title: Re: Help identify a coin thing pls Post by: legio11augustus on July 27, 2014, 04:53:14 PM one on a well known auction site with similiar reverse
THEBES in Boeotia 379BC Shield Amphora Daim Big Ancient Silver Greek Coin i29885 Title: Re: Help identify a coin thing pls Post by: Val Beechey on July 27, 2014, 05:04:14 PM All you need is a bit of kitchen foil and some spit.
Put coin in foil spit on it wrap it up and leave for a few minuets. If it stinks when you open it up you know you've got silver. Looking good, fingers crossed. Val |