# Identify this coin from a vague description **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 17, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-coin-from-a-vague-description/777415 "2017-01-17T20:29:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-coin-from-a-vague-description/777415/1 "2017-01-17T20:29:27Z")
The coin was silver (colored?) with a bronze (colored?) eagle attached to it. When I say attached I mean it looked like the eagle had been soldered on. The eagle was very stylized, sort of reminiscent of Native American art. Any idea? ---
**Author:** ![Ornery\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/da6949/32.png) [@Ornery\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ornery_Bob)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-coin-from-a-vague-description/777415/2 "2017-01-17T20:39:11Z")
Reworked German 5 mark coin perhaps? [![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/ngccoin-production/world-coin-price-guide/112594b.jpg) ](https://s3.amazonaws.com/ngccoin-production/world-coin-price-guide/112594b.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-coin-from-a-vague-description/777415/3 "2017-01-17T20:50:49Z")
A little too vague … I think **Ornery Bob** may be on to something … this coin perhaps was reworked from an actual circulation coin … more information is needed … ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-coin-from-a-vague-description/777415/4 "2017-01-17T21:38:26Z")
Anything like this - [2014 Canada Bald Eagle 9999 Silver 1 oz $5 Coin - Birds of Prey | eBay](http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Canada-2014-Birds-of-Prey-Series-2-Bald-Eagle-1-oz-Silver-Coin-Gilded-Edition-/191493691721) ---
**Author:** ![Common\_Tater](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/common_tater/32/13846_2.png) [@Common\_Tater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Common_Tater)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-coin-from-a-vague-description/777415/5 "2017-01-17T22:05:29Z")
Look at the “Walking Liberty” half-dollar coin, 1916-1947, they were often reworked into all kinds of things. Has a bad ass eagle on the reverse. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-coin-from-a-vague-description/777415/6 "2017-01-18T12:15:46Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > The coin was silver (colored?) with a bronze (colored?) eagle attached to it. When I say attached I mean it looked like the eagle had been soldered on. The eagle was very stylized, sort of reminiscent of Native American art. Any idea? I see coins like this advertised on TV sometimes–they take an ordinary coin or [round](http://www.apmex.com/education/investing/what-is-the-difference-between-a-coin-and-a-round) (and I’m a bit of a pedant about a round being called a coin) and paint it or plate it or cut holes into it, sell it for a massive markup, and try to convince the rubes that they are buying a valuable collectible. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen the very one you describe. (Probably not [this](https://www.amazon.com/Mexican-Centavo-Filled-Coin-Pendant/dp/B002B9L412) Mexican one, right?) ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-coin-from-a-vague-description/777415/7 "2017-01-18T21:57:16Z")
This coin literally looked like the eagle had been glued onto it. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-coin-from-a-vague-description/777415/8 "2017-01-18T22:11:16Z")
I can’t figure out how to post links on the Kindle, but if you do a search for “mythical land of Haida coin” it’s somewhat similar to what I was describing except the coin was silver and the eagle speadeagled and bronze. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2017, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-coin-from-a-vague-description/777415/9 "2017-01-18T22:41:13Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > This coin literally looked like the eagle had been glued onto it. Like I mentioned, I think I’ve seen the exact “coin” you mean, but can’t find a link to it now. But there are tons of weird things people make and call them coins. Your coin probably looks most similar to [number 15 here](http://fuckdamotto.blogspot.com/2010/11/weird-coins-from-around-world.html). (I’ve also seen one with a similar pop-up Wold Trade Center.) Other galleries of weird “coins” [here](http://www.joelscoins.com/oops.htm) and [here](https://www.advanceloan.net/blog/25-bizarre-coins-that-are-legal-tender/).