what is this coin??????

[lee1000-migration]

hi everyone, im extremely new to this coin collecting game and i have a coin i need checking out, i live out in the sticks and theres no coin dealers anywhere near me. this coin is half the size of the twenty gold dollar and has the date 1907 in roman numerals on it. the thing what gets me about it is that it doesn't have the tender on it, where the twenty dollar piece says "united states of america twenty dollars" on it, mine simply says "untited states of america". it also doesnt have the "in god we trust" motto underneath the eagle. is this a mock coin? does anyone have any clues. any help would be appreciated. Ive done so much research on the net and im getting nowhere.

[lee1000-migration]

ps. if anyone wants an image, i'll be happy to email it to them, the pictures have great resolution to them.

[James_OldeTowne]

Please send an image to James@EarlyUS.com, and I'll take a look!

[lee1000-migration]

thanks, i sent it along with a 1956 and 1953 gold dollar to give you the size comparison aswell. hope you can be of help

[James_OldeTowne]

I took Lee's images and photo-shopped them to try and resize to correct proportions and contrast. Below are small images of Lee's coin (in the first image, it is in the lower left-hand corner, with genuine coins shown along with it for size comparision). Note: I believe the second image to be B&W:

 

 

LARGER image

 

 

 

 

LARGER image

 

In my opinion, it is merely a fantasy token with manganese or gold plating to simulate the effect of a gold coin. It is definitely not a Federal mint issue. What does everyone else think?

 

James

[Oldtrader3]

The coin is NOT a 1907, No Motto Double Eagle. It is not even a good fantasy copy.

[lee1000-migration]

ok, thanks for the help guys, ah well, it is a nice little dinky coin. guess i'll keep it along with the rest of them, i was just wondering what it was, a fantasy token sounds plausable enough.