hammered coin ?

[RICHARD 0]

Hello All. Can any of you help me identify this coin, it is less than half an inch across and looks as if it has been clipped as the rim is very smooth. Thanks.

[Rob 3,152]

Hello All. Can any of you help me identify this coin, it is less than half an inch across and looks as if it has been clipped as the rim is very smooth. Thanks.

It's a copy of some description. The obverse legend reads IDG ROSA SINE SPINA with what pretends to be i.m. Castle which was the mark used from 22nd May 1612 to the 28th April 1613, and the reverse has a long cross reverse as used from Edward I through to Henry VIII but with a reversed second N. At less than 1/2" it is the right size for a halfpenny, but James I halfpennies have a thistle on one side and a rose on the other. The next denomination up is the penny, which has the IDG ROSA SINE SPINA legend with the appropriate mark around a rose, but the reverse is TVEATVR VNITA DEVS around a thistle.

I hope you didn't pay much, because there is no way it is genuine.

Edited December 8, 2010 by Rob

[Colin G. 147]

I agree it looks cast rather than hammered

[RICHARD 0]

I agree it looks cast rather than hammered

[RICHARD 0]

Thanks Guys. I did.nt actually buy it, it was shown to me by a lady who knew that I was into coins. I did say to her it may not be the real thing as nothing about it ran true, would agree it could have been cast although it is really thin for a casting about same gauge as that of a standard hammered penny. Again many thanks.

[Peckris 579]

Yes, the reverse legend lettering just doesn't look right - it's too modern-looking, font-wise.