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« on: January 16, 2009, 06:32:02 PM »
Does anyone have any idea on this. I found it last year I think, and came out of the ground near Cardiff, as a nice young head Vicky 3 pence - 1856. Took it home and it sat there for a few days until the wife dropped it on our hard tiled floor and it then split perfectly down the seam. Appears to have two sides, but I thought these were milled as solid coins. Any ideas? Very odd - perfect splitthat runs the circumfrance of the coin.

Thought you'd like to see it.
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« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2009, 08:15:12 PM »
I've never seen  nor heard of that before Neil, very unusual!

Makes me wonder if it had chocolate in it!  Cheesy
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« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2009, 08:46:07 PM »
VERY strange indeedy. Never heard of that B4.
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« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2009, 08:49:59 PM »
That's a new one on me too, definately worth following up.

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« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2009, 08:57:39 PM »
Very interesting Neil,the only young head 3 pence i have seems to have been struck from solid silver,could yours be two coins stuck together, the one i have is very thin, or it could be a contempary forgery. Huh
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« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2009, 11:57:14 AM »
It is definatly a copy. I made some identical for showing purposes with a mark to show they were not real.
Brian Cross of detecting fame does the same.
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« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2009, 01:08:15 PM »
hi neil.
can you tell me if the reverse of the two halves have the imprint of the face.if so i think i have a idea how it was done.
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« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2009, 03:17:28 PM »
Very stange init !

Interesting to know why that happend

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« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2009, 04:31:25 PM »
This was a copy of an original coin of James 1st shilling.
It was made from the oriiginal by Brian Cross.
The two thin coins of both the obverse and reverse were stuck together. this is why I made the comment to Neil's question. I may be wrong. Click on the photograph to make it larger.
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« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2009, 03:56:22 PM »
hi NEIL ive got 10-3 pences and i can honestly say i have never had that problem its a lovely coin so thanks for the warning i will take better care of mine in the future best regardsDES
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« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2009, 09:13:21 PM »
cheers all

Just had another look at - don't think its a modern or contemporary forgery - no distinguishing marks - weighs the same as several other 3d's and is definately silver. I just pulled the two parts away a bit further and both sides have a faint seperate imprint - not both faces Ian . All very odd. I've shown it to quite a few SCAN members and no one can offer an answer as yet.

Any other ideas?
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« Reply #11 on: January 19, 2009, 05:42:07 PM »
I believe its some kind of elderly forgery not to olda few years backa silver 3 pence was worth a few poundsi believe they where made to foolbuyers all best DES
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