Great Britain Help!!

[bobabheng-migration]

I am by no means an expert, but this one has me and a couple of local dealers confused. I am not very computer literate, so if the picture does not work, you will have to trust my description.

 

Here's what I got. It is a Great Britain penny, it is dated 1887. It is IDENTICAL to the bronze Penny in size and design (KM# 755). But this Penny is silver. We first thought it was a private pattern, but all the patterns that I found from that year have the the crowned Victoria and the cross on the reverse. Anybody have a clue??

[gmarguli]

It's probably a normal penny that was silver washed by someone trying to pass it off as a silver crown or in a bag of "silver" coins.

[bobabheng-migration]

Not quite sure, I came in from selling an estate. This by far was the latest date, most of the stuff was from the early 1800's. If it was passed in a bag of silver, it was passed long ago. The guy who this belonged to would have been in his mid 90"s

[satootoko]

Check the weight. If it matches the weight of a standard bronze penny, it was probably altered, perhaps in the manner described at http://home.att.net/~lfretzin/LbAlchemy.htm

 

On the other hand, if it has the proper weight for a silver coin of that size, run don't walk to the nearest authenticator!