Two Coins That I Just Cant Find In My Books

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Sinbad Valued Member France 98 Posts	Posted 02/04/2007 09:58 am Hi there all, the English? coin has had me searching for a few months now just cant find anything on it it is the first one the other one my Dad picked it up in the second world war doing his bit in north Africa, but does not look if it belonged there, and looks like if it is a fake anyway but in saying that I have read in some literature that in the early times before striking coins some coins where poured? cant say where I read this though! just cant remember!!!! any light one these would be greatly appreciated Thanking you Hain Image: Coin un.jpg 17.52 KB Image: Coin unrev.jpg 16.61 KB Image: Goldquerie.jpg 35.14 KB Image: Goldquerie1.jpg 33.31 KB Report this Post to the Staff

Irishraider Pillar of the Community United States 1454 Posts	Posted 02/04/2007 10:49 am Welcome to the forum Sinbad. The first coin for me is just too small and too dark to see the wording and I am unfamiliar with the coin. The second one looks to be gold but may not be, I am not sure as I know nothing about ancients either. It does look like it was made into a couple different jewelry pieces along the years though. The hole was for a necklace and the glob on the center back looks like it was soldered to be used as a pin or a brooch. Edited by Irishraider 02/04/2007 10:50 am Report this Post to the Staff
Sinbad Valued Member France 98 Posts	Posted 02/04/2007 1:21 pm Sorry the coins obverse got the letters " BRITTANNAIARUM" on the one side around the english shield the shield has a laural wreath around it with a crown above the shield the other side writing is " REGINA FID DEF" on the reverse the letters " VICTORIA DEI GRATIA" dated 1884 I have put a better foto on for you to see Thank you Image: 100_0291.jpg 59.82 KB Image: 100_0291.jpg 59.81 KB Report this Post to the Staff
scoutjim99 Pillar of the Community United States 4589 Posts	Posted 02/04/2007 2:38 pm the First is with outa doubt English inspired, I can not say about its authenticity but I doubt it. As for the second one I do not know. Welcome to the forum. I am sure someone will come along to help you. The two people I would look for to help you with Authenticity and Attribution are swaperbob and SAP as well as many many many others. Edited by scoutjim99 02/04/2007 2:43 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16849 Posts	Posted 02/04/2007 8:29 pm The top one is, as Jim implied, supposed to look close to, but not the same as, British coinage. I presume it's either "card counter" tokens or a piece of 19th century play money. The other is interesting. If found in North Africa, it could be a Roman provincial coin. It could just as well me a more recent copy of same. Either way, it seems to have been both soldered as like a button, and holed, so unless it's a scarce type it probably won't be worth too much to a collector. I'd reckon it to be made of brass, not gold. I'm at work right now; when I get home I'll hit the books and see if I can find anything on this one for you. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
scoutjim99 Pillar of the Community United States 4589 Posts	Posted 02/04/2007 9:02 pm I was thinking Jeton for the first Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16849 Posts	Posted 02/05/2007 06:34 am Haven't found anything on that second one. I'll let youy know if I do. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Sinbad Valued Member France 98 Posts	Posted 02/10/2007 05:05 am Thank you all for the info Report this Post to the Staff
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