Oak Tree Shilling or copy?

[njguy]

I got this from my Dad some 30 years ago. He's since passed away ('05) and recently I rediscovered it in a box of old things I had laying around when I went to add an 1879 silver morgan dollar I recently found in an old Pennsylvania barn. (I'll post that next) I think its fake, sounds my like a modern quarter when it hits a hard surface unlike what silver coins sound like. The feel of it is also suspicious, kinda thin; thinner then the quarter and the lettering seems almost dripped on. as a kid I took it as being real, but now, all these years later, I have my doubts. Especially since I see what appears to be a letter "c" on one side. Still though I'm curious to find out what it is for certain and any value such a thing may hold beyond my sentiment of course. Thanks!

 

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[l.cutler]

Yes it is a fake. As for being thin,it is most likely too thick to be an original. A genuine coin is scarcely thicker thatn a piece of paper!

 

[njguy]

Thanks, for confirming that for me. Does it hold any value, even as a fake? Any idea as to when/where this was made?

 

[goldencoin]

Also, you can see the brass wearing through the silver plate and the casting seam. As a copy, it would be hard to pin down who and when. Made before the hobby protection act (1973) since it does not have "copy" on it, unless it was made overseas. I would say whatever you could get as a curiosity piece, but people don't like to deal in fakes, especially without the word "copy" on it

HH
-GC

 

[olepossum]

maybe the c is all that is left of the word copy

 

[CoinHELP!]

I am going with fake. The lettering and trees look to thin. Here's come authentic images to compare it http://coinauctionshelp.com/massachusetts-oaktreecoinage1660-1667.html

 

[treasurechicNH]

Unfortunately it looks like a copy, a couple years ago I found an OakTree Sixpence, it was so thin I thought it was a piece of old foil at first, also these coins were stamped by hand so details are crude and the edges tend to be off center and flattened.

 

[Silver Searcher]

Yes it is a copy as outhers have stated, the easiest way to tell is the letter W in NEW ENGLAND. On all Oak Tree coinage the middle of the W crosses at the top and is connected with a line. There is no W that crosses like the one posted. The picture below is the real deal

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