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What about the reverse? The writing on the obverse is Greek. (quotes in blue)Mackaydon said:IMO, the lettering around the obverse head is not in Punic as would it be on an original coin. The Phoenician alphabet looks like this: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenician_alphabet)
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I am not an expert history hunter. I am just using common sense. The coin shows minimal signs of corrosion, no patina and the plating or guilding is obvious where it is wearing off. The plating also doesnt look like gold or silver. Although it is possible to find ancients in the USA, it is unlikely to find so many in so many different states. Its also possible to be a zipper pull. Just my opinion.history hunter said:The coin feels some what heavy and perhaps someone tried to put some sort of silver platting on the coin when turned into a medallion. The coin dealer seemed to think it was real. If it is real, then it's in great condition. Also the second pics of the coin were taken with a flash, the first pics shows more of some type of corrosion on the coin.
Dano Sverige said:Happy to see the American educational brainwashing is still working strong lol.
What's so hard to believe that Columbus wasn't the first "outsider" to find North America? The Vikings did it 300 years before Columbus,and the Phoenicians certainly had the ships and knowledge to make it easily a thousand years or so before the vikings!
2 or 3 professor's,some institution in Boston,and a coin expert/author all agree these coins are ancient...but maybe they don't have the benefit of your expertise?
Anyhow,the last statement recommending contacting the author IS a very good plan,one i'd recommend doing.It could be you have a two thousand year old coin and a genuine piece of pre-american history.
Silver Searcher said:Why does it have to have corrosion on it not all ancient coins come out the ground corrodedbigcypresshunter said:Dont take this the wrong way but it looks modern. I see no corrosion and it looks like it was plated. Its just my opinion.
Thanks for the interesting link Ironspike. I didnt read it all but stopped at the part where the Carthaginians discovered America. ...hmmm.
It may be one and the same or this may have solved a 70's mystery.. Good research Ironspike, again.
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Silver Searcher said:Correct IP.Iron Patch said:Silver Searcher said:Why does it have to have corrosion on it not all ancient coins come out the ground corrodedbigcypresshunter said:Dont take this the wrong way but it looks modern. I see no corrosion and it looks like it was plated. Its just my opinion.
Thanks for the interesting link Ironspike. I didnt read it all but stopped at the part where the Carthaginians discovered America. ...hmmm.
It may be one and the same or this may have solved a 70's mystery.. Good research Ironspike, again.
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So that's a dug copper, brass or bronze coin?
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Silver Searcher said:I never said I dug the coin IP, what are you trying to imply, I only posted the coin to show it doesn't have to have corrosion on it, when it has come out the ground, I have seen many Roman bronze coins come out as good as the day they were lost, it all depends on soil conditions. I don't know why you want a full metalegy test on a picture of a coin I posted.Iron Patch said:Silver Searcher said:Correct IP.Iron Patch said:Silver Searcher said:Why does it have to have corrosion on it not all ancient coins come out the ground corrodedbigcypresshunter said:Dont take this the wrong way but it looks modern. I see no corrosion and it looks like it was plated. Its just my opinion.
Thanks for the interesting link Ironspike. I didnt read it all but stopped at the part where the Carthaginians discovered America. ...hmmm.
It may be one and the same or this may have solved a 70's mystery.. Good research Ironspike, again.
SS.
So that's a dug copper, brass or bronze coin?
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Well the person (you?) who dug it made a bad choice detecting that day and not playing the lottery.
Do you know the metal and the context of the find?
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