Libertas Americana Medal... is this one real?

[Coindude]

How much do you think it's worth?

 

[wdrob]

 

Diameter: 47.0

Weight: 54.901

 

Looks real.

 

 

[BillJones]

As I said ATS I think that it is a cast piece of some sort. Check out the spear in Minerva's hand. It is way too thick. There is something "manufactured" about this item.

[RWB]

It's an imitation.

 

[Coindude]

I like all the input but I especially appreciate Mr. Jones' explanation. There is something definitely off on the spear of Minerva. I expect this is a fake of some sort.

 

Feel free to report on ebay. 111482065444

 

It's actually a pretty darn good fake, is it possible that there were different dies?

 

[BillJones]

It's actually a pretty darn good fake, is it possible that there were different dies?

 

In all my years of collecting, I have only heard of one variety of the ORIGNAL issue. There have been later "restrikes" which were made newly made dies.

 

NOTE: A restrike is a coin, token or medal that is made from the original die pair AFTER the piece was first issued. Usually the term is used when a dated piece is struck after the date that is on the die. It is not a copy that is made later from another die pair.

[RWB]

Plaster casts and electrotypes of the medal were readily available in the 19th century. Some were of excellent quality, most were so-so. Any of these could have been used to prepare new copy dies or molds.

[cpm9ball]

These are restrikes that I bought at the Monnaie de Paris table at the FUN Show about 8 years ago.

 

Chris