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Heres an interesting looking penny,kinda reminded me of the Lion from the Wizard of OZ. can anyone offer some information of there own on this one.
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Sorry I missed this one. I have a couple of these are they are common coins in this condition and obviously from the Netherlands.
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Interesting wreath. The shapes are used on many older American coins.
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Nice coin. very nice condition,considering the mint year. Are they copper?
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Yes, there was a lot of similarities and copying going on back then, or should say influences.
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do you mean.counterfeit ones? how can they be distinguished?
what kind od value they hold to be counterfieted?
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No, I mean copying parts of designs. It's not counterfeit or a copy, just talking about the wreath and how similar it is to some of our coin designs.
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#8 Unread post by xrayman »

got it..please excuse me.
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