Anyone Know What This Is? Found It In A Filing Cabinet Many Years Ago.

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chilispill New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 09/20/2024 2:18 pm Report this Post to the Staff

HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 24925 Posts	Posted 09/20/2024 2:45 pm to the CCF, chilispill! Your item looks like the following: 1 Real - Ferdinandus V and Elisabet I replica https://en.numista.com/catalogue/ex...a385805.html Also see this thread: http://goccf.com/t/17297 Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Edited by HondoB 09/20/2024 2:48 pm Report this Post to the Staff
chilispill New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 09/20/2024 2:59 pm That's it. Thanks so much! Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 09/20/2024 3:07 pm to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16806 Posts	Posted 09/20/2024 10:36 pm Yes. I don't think we've ever nailed down exactly where these things came from, but they're a very common brass replica of a late mediaeval Spanish silver coin. But we see people posting them on the forums so often, they must have been mass-produced, so I can only assume it was some kind of mass-marketing gimmick, by Readers Digest or similar. The Latin legends are all garbled and unreadable, but the design is based on the silver real of Ferdinand and Isabella, circa AD 1500. Given that timline, my assumption on the Readers Digest theory is they used it to promote a book on Christopher Columbus. 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
nickelsearcher Moderator United States 15389 Posts	Posted 09/21/2024 06:44 am to the CCF Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 09/22/2024 11:45 am to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 94784 Posts	Posted 09/22/2024 9:46 pm to CCF. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
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