Golden Coin of George III

[HAXall 0]

this is 4.8 gramm and 1 inch (23 mm) GOLDEN coloured coin...what can it be?i have tried to find out what metal it is but no luck.I will be grateful for any help!

[HAXall 0]

[azda 979]

Its an underweight shilling. Its worn and drilled so the weight loss might be due to this. It should weigh 5.65g

P.s, it's also silver, GOLDEN is probably the toning

Edited March 20, 2012 by azda

[Peckris 579]

Its an underweight shilling. Its worn and drilled so the weight loss might be due to this. It should weigh 5.65g

P.s, it's also silver, GOLDEN is probably the toning

Or, it could have been gilded at some point - a lot of coins of that era were, especially farthings a few years after that shilling.

Edited March 20, 2012 by Peckris

[HAXall 0]

i was thinking the same,but i scratched a little bit inside the hole...and it is still golden colour:)how can i check it for sure?i was all over Bristol Gold stores and they did not help me.

[azda 979]

Its not Gold.

[Debbie 58]

Have you tried checking it against Seuk's brilliant counterfeit web page?here

[HAXall 0]

Thanks for the link Debbie,it looks like variation J to me.is there any value to coins like this?

[seuk 85]

Glad to see that my variation system is useful

Its indeed a group J - with the typical walrus Q - and made of brass.

Due to the shilling being holed I guess are fair price is somewhere in the area of £1 to £5