Dockwalliper Posted December 3, 2005 Report Share Posted December 3, 2005 Were there trial coins struck dated 1863 or is this an altered coin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stujoe Posted December 3, 2005 Report Share Posted December 3, 2005 Accoding to CoinFacts http://www.coinfacts.com/two_cents/two_cents_by_date.html The denomination was not a success and was only struck between 1863 (patterns in 1863, circulating coins beginning in 1864) and 1873. Prototype patterns dated 1863 and early 1864 Proofs were struck with a small letter legend. there were patterns in 1863. Whether the coin above is a pattern or an altered date, I have no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whohah Posted December 3, 2005 Report Share Posted December 3, 2005 Compare it with this 1863 two cent pattern shown on the Bass website at this link: http://www.harrybassfoundation.org/objects.asp?id=6047 Also check this link to two-cent patterns: http://www.uspatterns.com/uspatterns/twocent.html Who knows? Maybe you have found a major rarity... HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpnyc Posted December 3, 2005 Report Share Posted December 3, 2005 Doesn't look real to me. I see some base metal peeking through copper plating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotten Rodney Posted December 3, 2005 Report Share Posted December 3, 2005 I think gpnyc's Right I believe you got a fake on your hands. . . Better Sell it on ebay as a real rare piece. . . . But we could be wrong what does the other side look like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jody526 Posted December 5, 2005 Report Share Posted December 5, 2005 To me, it looks like it is cast base metal plated with...copper? Do a balance test with a genuine coin to see if there's a difference in weight. It's a metal detector find, right? If so, you may have a very neat contemporary counterfeit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stujoe Posted December 5, 2005 Report Share Posted December 5, 2005 I didn't really pay attention before but it does look plated, doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jody526 Posted December 5, 2005 Report Share Posted December 5, 2005 I didn't really pay attention before but it does look plated, doesn't it? Yeah, Stu. I guess Doc will be back later to confirm, but the silver collored (white pot metal?) core seems obvious. Also, most evident on the obverse at 7-8 o'clock, is the bubbling that is usually associated with casting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhawk Posted December 5, 2005 Report Share Posted December 5, 2005 Maybe what looks like base metal peeking through the copper is actually green PVC contamination from storage in a plastic flip. It looks too uniformly worn to be a casted coin IMHO. It may be an altered 1868 though. Send it to ANACS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockwalliper Posted December 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2005 Sorry folks but I don't own this coin. Someone else was looking for info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyd Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 Looks to be an altered date to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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