lunercrab Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 My great uncle just passed away recently and he had a bunch of foreign coins in his possession, which i took...i was going through them and found this one...i just want to know what it is and where it comes from...i'm not sure if it's even authentic or not...any help would be great...thanks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Kopeiki Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 Welcome! Your coin is from Hungary, Joseph II (1765-1790), and based on size can be either a Thaler (Dav. 1168) or a Half Thaler... If you post the weight, we could tell for sure. Also, it looks to have a nice, dark toning - don't clean it As far as being authentic - can't really tell from the image. You could compare it to this one from CoinArchives: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunercrab Posted July 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 sorry for double posting...couldn't figure out how to get both pics in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunercrab Posted July 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 Thank you so much for figuring it out for me....well it is identical to the photo you posted, so unless they went around making modern day copies of this coin...i'm assuming it's authentic...now i'm not interested in selling, but i'm curious if this is something i should keep in a safe place or is it not really worth anything? also being this old is it made of silver?...i tried doing some research, but i couldn't find too much as of now...also as authenticity goes, there is designing and words on the edging of the coin...i tried to take a better pic below of both the front and the back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two Kopeiki Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 Nothing is raising a red flag for me, in terms of it being a counterfeit. I haven't bought/sold one of those in a while, but I would ballpark the value at around $110-150. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drusus Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 great coin!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigCanadianM Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 great coin!! Seconded! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echizento Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 Very nice coin, from the pictures it looks to be XF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunercrab Posted July 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 Yeah i just found out today his parents where from hungary...so i'm guessing they brought it over with them...thanks for all the praise...i'm kinda new to coins and sorry for asking but on a previous post someone said it looks XF...what does that mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roaddevil Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 xf=extremly fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benas Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 Hi, perhaps you interested in coins exchange? In this case i can email my coins list. Friendly, Benas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roaddevil Posted July 29, 2007 Report Share Posted July 29, 2007 benas y dont u start another topic more ppl can c it u can also put a list of some of ur coins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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