1770 Valtaire Medallion, fake or real?

[Coin_Saver]

Went to a garage sale today there was some coins and i met anothe rmd'er but he bragged tou should have heard some of the stuff he was saying, he says he only has a $100 Bounty hunter and he found 60 IH's in one site in the same day, and also 20+ 1850-70s silver dollars, i don't really believe him, he was sorta weird too, tho i bought this Voltaire medallion from him for $10 and my bro got an 1873-S silver trade dollar for $15, annd its wrotyh $100 on eBay!
I can't find very much information about the medallion, tho, anybody have any ideas? HH CS

 

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[Bavaria Mike]

You could consider resizing the pic, I can only see the left rim. HH, Mike

 

[buudman]

COIN SAVER SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD BUY.
BUD

 

[Coin_Saver]

Good?

 

[ClonedSIM]

I'd keep my eye out for that guy if I were you and when you see him, ask about a refund. The picture looks like a base-metal museum copy, as I believe I remember an article that mentioned the Voltaire medallion and how it was originally cast in gold, silver and copper, and your pic looks to have a bronze look with artifical patina. Could just be the picture, though. As for the trade dollars, those were counterfeited by the tens of thousands overseas in Japan in the early 1900's and, as hard as they are to come by, someone dropping one for $15 seems unlikely. Again though, if the guy was a little off his rocker or hard up for cash, I could easily see it happening. Happy hunting!

 

[rck_1]

Coin Saver,
Its actually 1790 and they were made out of bronze. yours seems to be a later reproduction. See link below and make your own conclusion.


http://www.christophereimer.co.uk/single/8475.html

 

[Coin_Saver]

af1733 Mine is copper! anymore ideas? rck_1 The head on the one that you gave me the link to is bigger than mine. if you look at the back of my med it has the roman numerals 1770. HH CS

 

[ARCOMANDPURPLE]

This medallion cannot be 1770 since Voltaire was born in 1694.....look at the back under the obelisk you will see MDCC...X (1000 + 500 +100+100 ...10 = 1700 something) I cannot make out
a couple of the letters from your picture

 

[ARCOMANDPURPLE]

CORRECTION
Unless of course the missing letters are LX = 60 ( MDCCLXX= 1770) Then it would mean that it was strucked after his death.

 

[allen]

lets see a pic of your brothers trade dollar. id say your medallion is fake, but still a cool piece. keep on digging !!!

 

[Coin_Saver]

Its 1770, the numerals are MDCCLXX, Heres a better quality pic than the other one:
http://images5.theimagehosting.com/backmed.1.jpg
Also heres the front of that trade dollar:
http://images5.theimagehosting.com/Silver Dollar.jpg
Its an 1873-S HH CS

 

[ClonedSIM]

My mistake about the bronze, I guess I read about something else that came in gold, silver and copper, but I'd have to agree that it does look like a later reproduction. I would get the Trade Dollar certified, just to be sure. Happy hunting!