I'd like to get more information on an old inheritance coin which is a 1787 brashers coin. I need to know what to look for as a fake. I believe it's not because it's been handed down our bloodline. Stil skeptical tho. If real it's millions of dollars.
I dont know much about coins that are out of my league, but i know that posting a pic of the obverse and reverse is a great way to start. If you could do that there might be members here that can help
If you mean a Brasher doubloon, then yes, be skeptical. Be very, VERY skeptical. The first step is posting a picture.
Ephraim Brasher had a very distinctive counterstamp which can be fairly easily identified. If you believe that you have a genuine piece, than please post some images of the coin. Not to sound skeptical, but rare coins are just that, rare. You likely have a reproduction.
It's a fake. If it's an inherited coin and you need help determining if it's a fake, then it's a fake. Likewise you could post pictures or send it in to PCGS. But the likelihood of a coin with this kind of historical value just causally being passed down in an inheritance is, in my mind, zero.zero. I'd be slightly likelier to believe it was real if you said you dug it up in your back yard. http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/FAQ/brasher.html
Please do post pictures, it would be very exciting if a new one showed up. All known specimens are accounted for so if genuine it would be a new discovery piece.
Very poor advice. Rare finds do appear in unlikely places (UNC 1776 Continental Dollar a guy had in his wallet for 30 years, an complete 1915 Panama Paccific commemorative set in an inheritance, etc.). There's no reason to immediately assume that it is fake without seeing pictures first.
I understand it's probably fake but over 5k coins was passed down and several other that i searched was real and a local coin dealer offered good money for those . Still i am still skeptical about anything. The dbl eagle 50 gold was real and the 1858 1$ gold . Coin guy doesn't know anything about certain coins i have so i figured if all you guy's do it all the time then i could get a little information on a few i have. Thanks very much.
Sorry to say that is definitely a poor fake. Look above the E in excelsior, there is an "R" for replica. But even without this it is a pretty obvious fake. The gold colored plating is peeling off, and it has the usual mushy pitted surfaces of a cast replica.
Brasher Doubloons are famous, there are even films made about them, and there are lots of replicas, some quite good. This replica was probably made in the 1960's or 1970's and sold to tourists at a historic site. It is crudely made to make it look "aged".
