1909 - David Gee's - pattern florin and five pound

[Australian coin]

1909 - David Gee's - pattern florin

so I got to see this coin in hand and thought I would share some pics
there was also a five pound coin too by David Gee

[Robster]

Wowsa.!! :yahoo:

[Mister T]

Where did you see it? I thought David Gee's fakes had the uncrowned obverse.

[Australian coin]

its in a Melbourne shop, not for sale of course
i don't know about the obverse, are there pictures of the obverse to look for

[Mister T]

I thought the ones David Gee cooked up had this obverse:

[Australian coin]

here is the triton page
http://www.triton.vg/F09.html
ill see if there is anything in the Powerhouse Museum website
http://www.australianstamp.com/coin-web/aust/florin/1909flor.htm

[Mister T]

Interesting piece anyway - too bad about the edge bumps.

[Australian coin]

these turned up in a search
https://www.statusint.com/result_coins.php?id=42
bluesheet
http://www.bluesheet.com.au/Australia/Commonwealth_Coinage/Florin/Edward_VII/Australia/1909_Uniface_Reverse_Pattern_SP.html

[Mister T]

Which shop did you see it at?

[Australian coin]

Southern Cross Coins, Nunawading

[Basil]

The guy certainly had some skill,and by the look of it inside help.

 http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Kookaburra-Halfpenny-in-copper-1920-Scarce-By-notorious-forger-David-Gee-/222496342564?hash=item33cdd0c224:g:m58AAOSw9NdXvP8r


   

[robbiegal]

so how do we know it really is a DG forgery?

[Mister T]

so how do we know it really is a DG forgery?

Yeah I'm never too sure - I remember reading an auction catalogue a year or two ago with lots of stuff supposedly made by him I didn't see any proof.

Also, http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1965-66-Pattern-Trial-Kookaburra-1d-copper-coin-This-forgery-is-the-work-of-Aus-/222471408656?hash=item33cc544c10:g:iWsAAOSwnNBXXrCx looks pretty amateurish - never could tell from the small photos in Renniks.

[nealeffendi]

so how do we know it really is a DG forgery?

Yeah I'm never too sure - I remember reading an auction catalogue a year or two ago with lots of stuff supposedly made by him I didn't see any proof.

Also, http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1965-66-Pattern-Trial-Kookaburra-1d-copper-coin-This-forgery-is-the-work-of-Aus-/222471408656?hash=item33cc544c10:g:iWsAAOSwnNBXXrCx looks pretty amateurish - never could tell from the small photos in Renniks.

So some bugger is forging the work of a forger?

[Basil]

I'll throw up the picture from the last link for future Ref. whilst its still live on Ebay.