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strange coin with copper core.
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Posted : Monday, 4 May 2015 7:11:44 PM(UTC)
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I found this coin on the beach last Sunday. I thought it was a old tarnished 10c then I wiped it and it was gold colored, so I thought it was a beat up $1 but it was thinner.
After soaking and a scrub a copper colored core is showing in places.
There are traces of edge milling.
Truly mystified as what it is or was.
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Posted : Monday, 4 May 2015 7:19:34 PM(UTC)
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Posted : Monday, 4 May 2015 7:24:20 PM(UTC)
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Hi All

Maybe a counterfeit half sovereign. They did exist, do a google on sovereigns. Chrispy told me about them.

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Posted : Tuesday, 5 May 2015 6:59:50 AM(UTC)
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looks pretty munted to me. American quarters used to have a copper core.
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Posted : Tuesday, 5 May 2015 10:03:24 AM(UTC)
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If you take a diameter reading with a micrometer and google the dimensions it may produce something. Just a thought if its possible.

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Posted : Tuesday, 5 May 2015 5:35:38 PM(UTC)
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Some early sovereigns where made of 'Bartons Metal' which was a sandwhich of copper & gold, is it heavy? could it be real gold?
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Posted : Tuesday, 5 May 2015 6:32:08 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: coinnut Go to Quoted Post
Some early sovereigns where made of 'Bartons Metal' which was a sandwhich of copper & gold, is it heavy? could it be real gold?


I feel like its gold coated. maybe a munted counterfeit sovereign or a religious medalion. Its impossible to get a accurate thickness or diameter but it fits the general size of a sovereign.
Anyone know of a jeweller in auckland that will do a acid test for a reasonable price?
I have seen test kits and stones but they seem a bit expensive.
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WestieDigger  
Posted : Thursday, 7 May 2015 1:03:39 AM(UTC)
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Mystery solved its a completely munted Sacagawea dollar - brass coated with a copper core.
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Posted : Friday, 8 May 2015 12:45:07 PM(UTC)
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Nice one Westiedigger, how did you figure it out, did you find a marking.

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WestieDigger  
Posted : Saturday, 9 May 2015 4:25:37 PM(UTC)
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One of the guys at work had a family member who is a keen coin collector. under the magnifying glass he found faint letters around the edge in a few places. Edge milling was just garking from whatever trashed the coin.
He reckons its just been laying on a gravel road and been driven over 10000000000 times.
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Posted : Tuesday, 12 May 2015 10:56:05 AM(UTC)
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Awesome, half the fun is identifying a mystery coin.

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