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My Irish 1938 Penny...

  • 23-09-2012 8:46pm
    #1
    Blade
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    Well, kinda, sorta, not really ;)


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  • #2
    DMcL1971
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    Ah it's not bad Blade. But it's a bit dirty. Give it a good scrub with a wire brush to bring up the shine a bit.


  • #3
    Blade
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    DMcL1971 wrote: »
    Ah it's not bad Blade. But it's a bit dirty. Give it a good scrub with a wire brush to bring up the shine a bit.

    You're such a n00b dude, don't you know you're supposed to dip it in Coca Cola overnight... and then scrub it with a wire brush! :P


  • #4
    MasterSun
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    Bring it to my gaff, i'll clean it for free


  • #5
    danpatjoe
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    Blade,
    I'm not a coin guy, but I am assuming that this is a joke with a faked date... yes? :rolleyes:

    Regards - Dan


  • #6
    Blade
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    danpatjoe wrote: »
    Blade,
    I'm not a coin guy, but I am assuming that this is a joke with a faked date... yes? :rolleyes:

    Regards - Dan

    Sorry Dan but I refuse to respond to comments with rolleyes.


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  • #7
    danpatjoe
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    Blade wrote: »
    Sorry Dan but I refuse to respond to comments with rolleyes.
    OK Blade, Apologies for the rolleyes.
    But my question was a genuine one. The 3 in that date does look very suspicious - the font looks wrong and there seems to be a shadow and marks behind as if a different number had been removed.

    I just thought by your initial comment and the 'wink' emoticon that it was a joke.


  • #8
    Blade
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    danpatjoe wrote: »
    OK Blade, Apologies for the rolleyes.
    But my question was a genuine one. The 3 in that date does look very suspicious - the font looks wrong and there seems to be a shadow and marks behind as if a different number had been removed.

    I just thought by your initial comment and the 'wink' emoticon that it was a joke.

    Ok grand thanks. Well that's the thing it's not a joke. From a numismatic stand point it's a little gem of a forgery and believe it or not would fetch quite a few quid sold as such. I've seen some more obvious fakes of 1943 florins sell for a couple of hundred Euro. But the patina on a copper of this age is harder to fake. I actually don't know if this was crafted at the time and has naturally toned or if a fake patina was added. Either way that side of it was done very well and looks natural enough. I was told that the 3 was cut from a British penny, hence the font difference. An interesting piece all the same.


  • #9
    Thinkingaboutit
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    I have a big cigar box of old pennies. Weirdly, one or two are still shiny, some hapennies of the current monarch. 1938 must be a good year.


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