Well turns out my coin may be real

[Dark Chameleon]

This is the best part about living in new England..there's always a chance u might find one..slim but always a chance

 

[Trickworm]

Pics

 

[LI Tom]

Do I get a reward for being the first to point out what you had?

 

[bottlecaps]

I've only had the opportunity to see one of these coins in person, found by Bottlecaps, though his was an oak tree shilling. They are a VERY thin coin and could easily be bent by hand....but please don't do that. .

Now you tell me I like to bend my 1652 all the time I better stop doing that

 

[HullGuitars]

I'm no expert but looking at previous photos of Certified coins there's definitely an argument for both ways real or fake. I played with a little bit in Photoshop and if I had to bet on it I would guess it was real. There's no way in hell I would take $7000 for it, unless I just desperately needed the money. You find the right buyer you could get close to double. I would rather wait a couple of years in search of the right buyer. It's worth what someone will pay.

 

[Flapjack]

Nice coin!

 

[sgtwilks]

Thank you all for commenting and taking the time to explain the options. I respect all the replies. The overwhelming response was to hold off selling and step back to find out the value. That makes sense and I'm going to do that. I wished you all lived closer we could go out and celebrate!

 

[Jason in Enid]

Thank you all for commenting and taking the time to explain the options. I respect all the replies. The overwhelming response was to hold off selling and step back to find out the value. That makes sense and I'm going to do that. I wished you all lived closer we could go out and celebrate!

If not for the gov't shutdown I would have been in NJ right now and I would have taken you up on that!

 

[Donneybrook]

I hope it real, which is always possible, but the superb condition makes me think fake along with the fact it looks like my fake spanish cobs/reales and not like silver. Like i said i do genuinely hope, and want it, to be real, but don't get your hopes up. Thats coming from someone who has had toooo many treasure disappointments already in his short life.

 

[The Jersey Digger]

Thank you all for commenting and taking the time to explain the options. I respect all the replies. The overwhelming response was to hold off selling and step back to find out the value. That makes sense and I'm going to do that. I wished you all lived closer we could go out and celebrate!

I live close enough Cliff. Where we going?...

 

[RyanChappell]

http://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins?main_coin=3360



Sgt Wilks:



Most of the real ones have darker toning.
http://www.coinfacts.com/colonial_coins/massachusetts_silver/pine_tree_silver/pine_tree_n01.html

The cast replicas have pitting. Think of a cast iron skillet. Silver stamped and hammered coins do not have this.

 

[Jason in Enid]

http://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins?main_coin=3360

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Sgt Wilks:

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Most of the real ones have darker toning.
http://www.coinfacts.com/colonial_coins/massachusetts_silver/pine_tree_silver/pine_tree_n01.html

The cast replicas have pitting. Think of a cast iron skillet. Silver stamped and hammered coins do not have this.

Yes, but that is ignoring the fact that this coin may have been in the dirt for 300 years. Comparing the dug coin to the two examples, it MUCH more resembles the real coin than the fake. Even appears to have the same die flaws and cracks as the "real" example. the fake one does not have those.

 

[RyanChappell]

Yes, but that is ignoring the fact that this coin may have been in the dirt for 300 years. Comparing the dug coin to the two examples, it MUCH more resembles the real coin than the fake. Even appears to have the same die flaws and cracks as the "real" example. the fake one does not have those.

You mean like this?

or this

Too much detail left on Sgts if it received that kind of corrosion. Flaws could be carried over from the coin it is casted from. I have been back and forth on my opinion, now I am leaning back toward it being a replica.

The grader should be able to tell by the surface grain using a microscope.

 

[itsaring!]

You mean like this?

or this

Too much detail left on Sgts if it received that kind of corrosion. Flaws could be carried over from the coin it is casted from. I have been back and forth on my opinion, now I am leaning back toward it being a replica.

At least it could go either way. The dimples or "Orange peel" does look to be a bad sign. But who knows what corrosion can do on silver 100% of the time?But after seeing so many fake gold coins from KC tossed on beaches and recovered, it's best not to get ones hopes up too high until after the fact. I know the guy who had that Carson City coin he sent to auction was upset when it sold way below estimates. Still more cash than he had the week before. Anything over paying off your detector is pretty much free money.

 

[Isaac43]

The real one and the coin you have both have the same shaped border around the writing on the coin. The fake one is more circular.

 

[AIRFORCEMIKE]

Amazing bro I hope it's real bud!

 

[fathead]

Actually I listed in my header a question on this coin first whether it was a real Pine Tree Shilling)

Not that I'm keeping score lol. I just hope its real and SgtWilks. makes a pretty penny.

HH,

Shane

 

[RyanChappell]

Bump

 

[bottlecaps]

have you got your coin back yet?

 

[Duckhunter811]

Holy smokes I hope it turns out to be real!