Sommer island

[BcuttinPlugs]

Hey guys now I know this is obviously fake or copy. Here's my question. Is it made of silver even tho it's fake and when exactly was it made.. A search on eBay shows differnt fakes but some are a bronze finish. I have an old silver test solution and it does show up light green for those who used silver test solutions know what I'm talking about. My problem is my solution is over a year old not sure if it correct please help. I found it at my grandfathers house and he has no idea where he got it so that doesn't help me at all. So is it silver and when was it made. Thanks everyone

 

[Garrett424]

I like it but I have no clue as to whether or not if it's silver.
cool find nonetheless.

 

[Roger Mn.]

The coins were silver plated brass.Your coin was probably minted in 1990.
Is there a reason you never posted a pic of the reverse ?

Sommer Islands 12 pence coin - Currency Wiki, the online numismatic encyclopedia

 

[juno1114]

I dug one of those not too long back. Thought I had the find of a lifetime. Turns out it was a copy, minted in 1850. So while I was happy to have an "1850's" cpoin, I was bummed because it wasn't the real deal.....

 

[BcuttinPlugs]

The coins were silver plated brass.Your coin was probably minted in 1990. Is there a reason you never posted a pic of the reverse ? Sommer Islands 12 pence coin - Currency Wiki, the online numismatic encyclopedia

No reason in particular just didn't take a pic but here it is .. U say 1990s another poster says -1800s .. Big difference in years .. If I could get a final answer that would be amazing

 

[Roger Mn.]

Collectors.Org Reference Library: The Hobby Protection Act

The word COPY didn't appear on coins until 1973.

 

[BcuttinPlugs]

Collectors.Org Reference Library: The Hobby Protection Act The word COPY didn't appear on coins until 1973.

Thanks for doing the research and getting back to me it is greatly appreciated .. You do think it's only silver plated then also

 

[Roger Mn.]

Read this and it says one was brass and one was silver plated.

Bermudian 12 pence/daalder coin - Currency Wiki, the online numismatic encyclopedia

 

[Iron Patch]

A couple of years back I bought a large group of very early mixed low grade foreign silver and upon going through them this popped out. Talk about something making your heart skip a dozen beats.

 

[BcuttinPlugs]

A couple of years back I bought a large group of very early mixed low grade foreign silver and upon going through them this popped out. Talk about something making your heart skip a dozen beats.

Haha no doubt. I could see Being all beat up Would def make u think. What dreams are made of. Meek my dreams detail far less most of the time

 

[Iron Patch]

Haha no doubt. I could see Being all beat up Would def make u think. What dreams are made of. Meek my dreams detail far less most of the time

Keep in mind it was with 40-50 early coins, all which were genuine! I knew they were all real based on experience, and because the rest were real the way it first processes into your brain is the Sommer Island's one must be real too... but then once you calm down for a minute, you realize that unless this was a cache that was dug, and clearly it was not, the fact the rest were real really didn't mean anything. To top it off just days before this happened there was a big Baltimore Colonial coin auction and a couple of these went through the roof for price, and this example if genuine would have been worth many thousands. But that's the way it goes.

 

[hogge]

A couple of years back I bought a large group of very early mixed low grade foreign silver and upon going through them this popped out. Talk about something making your heart skip a dozen beats.

Would dat be a piece o' dat HOGGE munnie??

 

[Iron Patch]

Would dat be a piece o' dat HOGGE munnie??

Funnie munnie maybe.

 

[Pointman]

Hey guys now I know this is obviously fake or copy. Here's my question. Is it made of silver even tho it's fake and when exactly was it made.. A search on eBay shows differnt fakes but some are a bronze finish. I have an old silver test solution and it does show up light green for those who used silver test solutions know what I'm talking about. My problem is my solution is over a year old not sure if it correct please help. I found it at my grandfathers house and he has no idea where he got it so that doesn't help me at all. So is it silver and when was it made. Thanks everyone

In my experience silver test solution will turn light green or yellowish only if it is aluminum usually. On silver it will turn a dark brown or almost red color.

 

[masterjedi]

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Take a look here...