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Post by loveslilacs Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:50 pm

I know absolutely nothing about coins and have been trying to identify this coin. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
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Post by Aartin Wed Dec 07, 2011 6:11 pm

Hello.
That's Elizabeth, Queen of England coin (1558-1602), it should be made from gold. If it's original or false? I don't have any idea, I don't have enough knowelge to veryfy coins of west Europe.
I think information you need is in this link:

http://www.money.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=British_Gold_Coins_Exhibit&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=7120

Also, something from here could be useful in veryfying.
http://www.treasurerealm.com/coinpapers/books/Kenyon-1884/Elizabeth.html

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Post by loveslilacs Wed Dec 07, 2011 7:04 pm

Hi, Thanks so much for your response. After I posted this question I also emailed pictures to an auction house. They responded very quickly and said that judging from the pictures it is a reproduction and not even made of gold. I'm waiting to hear back from a few others, but my hopes aren't high at this point. I might just take it by a friend's coin shop to see if they can test it for gold. But more than likely, the expert was correct!
Thank you for those links. I am going to check them out right now!

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