New Brunswick 1/2d token - contemporary counterfeit ?

I've just noticed but it's a little bit smaller and well.. you can see by the pics.. ha

Very nice.

What you have looks like a contemporary counterfeit. I am 80% confident that your coin is a contemporary, and it could possibly be worth more than the real coin.

I would suggest that you try selling them as a pair and buy an original token in XF or thereabout. This one is so beautiful when in higher grades! Unfortunately you will not get with this sale enough cash to buy an UNC. (The picture is from cointalk.com)

Nice find my boy!

I would very much recommend keeping any contemporary forgeries as over time you will build up an impressive body of physical reference for yourself and others.

There is a Scandanavian guy on eBay who sells such coins and if I had some spare cash I'd be looking at getting a few of the more interesting examples.

For a body of reference it might be sufficient to make high resolution clear pictures or obverse, reverse and the rim, weight the item on precise scales and measure it. Posting all this data on the net would make it possible to anybody capable of using a search engine to find it.    

Citeer: AndreyFor a body of reference it might be sufficient to make high resolution clear pictures or obverse, reverse and the rim, weight the item on precise scales and measure it. Posting all this data on the net would make it possible to anybody capable of using a search engine to find it.

Or he could enjoy his life.

LOL !

I will do the measurement and take better pics when I have some spare time no problem I haven't got .01 scales yet, I need some though I can still measure the sizes

I will probably keep both for now and upgrade the real one when a better one comes along. I will be keeping the contemporary though because I actually like how crude it is like all contemporaries of these times