Interesting News!
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Hi folks,
I just wanted to throw a bit of something in here for those who are looking into this coin.
I found one of these coins a while back behind a rock wall that was knocked down in our basement. When I looked into it, I ended up on this site. I found it odd that a "toy coin" would some how end up behind wall in a hidden room in our basement. So I sought out a copy of this “Pirate” game to see if people are telling the truth, OR just trying to mislead collectors/detectors into selling a valuable coin for no money.
There is in fact a "Pirate" game that is using the design of this coin as a token in the game but here is the issue with that; got a hold of one of the games and found some interesting things out about the fakes within it.
The "GAME" coin is NOT made of bronze; it is made of aluminum/copper. The actual coin was in fact bronze and from what I was told, had the proper amount of ware on it for the time span.
After having both people I spoke to look over the coin and take pictures, two things seem apparent with their research. They seem to be consistently distributed all throughout North America. The first of the two men I spoke with thinks African Americans via the Underground Railroad may have carried them to their current locations. He came to this conclusion after speaking with two individuals that found them in hidden rooms that were once part of it and has suggested that I have the hidden room in my home looked into as that it may be of historical signifigance.
The second seems to agree with them being somehow associated with Mardi Gras as well as their distribution being somehow associated with the Underground Railroad as was suggested by the earlier gentleman.
Oddly enough the second offered me two hundred dollars for it directly after he tested the game token and the actual coin; being that I can’t find much more info on it then the people here I sold it to him; along with the game token to debunk any rumors of it being fake. It may end up being worth less or more but he as a collector was willing to take that chance.
What he did with it past that, I have no idea but I am now more interested in the fact that both this coin and the hidden room we found in our basement may have been somehow associated with the Underground Railroad.
Hope this assists.
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the above post is as post that i found on this website
1741 Coin of unknown origin... - Page 4 - Friendly Metal Detecting Forums i found the exact same coin today mixed in with some of my stuff that i was going through after my husband and i just recentally moved in February. So i honestly don't know where it was originally found, but it is as this ladies post says much to heavy to be a fake. so if anyone finds some authentic information on these real coins it would be greatly appreciated.
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