Featured Coin help - inset into a wine taster

Discussion in 'Silver' started by Ce BCA, Aug 13, 2021.

  1. Ce BCA

    Ce BCA Well-Known Member

    I just wanted to check if this looks like a genuine coin set into the wine taster or if it is just a token made for the job? It's 38.2mm diameter, can't see the milling due to the mount - tests as silver. The wine taster does appear to be of period, a little later than the coin date - also is it Spanish or from the colonies? Tia.

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  2. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

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  3. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    They usually used old coins for items like this, so it is difficult to tell the age. Can we see the entire taster?
     
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  4. Ce BCA

    Ce BCA Well-Known Member

    Yes, my bad forgot to attach it.

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  5. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    It is charming, Ce. I would guess ca 1840s, which would fit in with the use of an old coin.
     
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  6. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    MEE LIKE!!!!!:happy::happy::happy: Similar.....or just VERY less worn.....

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  7. Ce BCA

    Ce BCA Well-Known Member

    Thanks, so it's a Mexican minted one?
     
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  8. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    It should have a mint mark. According to internet... the coin was struck at : Mexico, Lima, Bogotá, Guatemala, Potosi, Santiago, Popayan, and Cuzco mints...

    Debora
     
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  9. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

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  10. Ce BCA

    Ce BCA Well-Known Member

    Ty, Mexico it is then.
     
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  11. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    M or M with an o above? Is that it between "Rex" and "8R"?

    Debora
     
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  12. Ce BCA

    Ce BCA Well-Known Member

    M with an 'o' above, and yes between the Rex & 8R
     
  13. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Yes, then México. México D.F. to be specific.

    Debora

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  14. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    I believe this coin to be a contemporary forgery.
    This means it was forged nearer to the original date rather than in the last 50 years.

    It is a very commonly forged coin.

    There are subtle differences to a real one.

    The "D" should not be touching the forehead and after IIII there should be a dot, yours looks like an o

    It may be a silver plated copper coin.
    There are many to compare on Google Images
    https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=8...hUPY8AKHUf1AucQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=939&bih=589

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  15. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Look at the scrolls that wrap around the columns on the reverse.
    The figures within the shield look too big and not very sharp.

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  16. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    To the best of my knowledge tasses de vin don't incorporate genuine coins. But they're a common decorative motif.

    Debora
     
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  17. Ce BCA

    Ce BCA Well-Known Member

    Many thanks, so it may well be a 'token' piece. There are other examples of similar wine tasters referenced as early/mid 19th century, so that does fit with the age. The coin has a nick handily and is silver throughout.
     
  18. Marie Forjan

    Marie Forjan Well-Known Member

    @daveydempsey, I know when a coin is used like this it loses its value as a coin.

    Does having a genuine coin set in something like this give it more value than using a forged coin? Just wondering :)
     
  19. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    A genuine coin would have silver content value.
    I've known some fake coins have dangerous contents.
    A guy I know in Seattle bought several fake coins from China, they were copies of US Morgan Dollars.
    They were supposedly 90% silver

    He took them to work and tested them in his lab, some of the contents he found was Arsenic and Lead.
    No silver.

    I sure would not like to taste wine from them:eek:
     
  20. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Tastevin.:)
     
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