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Valued Member
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These pictures aren't identical. Their hands are different, their helmets too and the way he is holding that caduceus..
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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That's hardly surprising given your's is a crude copy.
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Valued Member
Sweden
159 Posts |
Indeed. However why would someone want to copy an emergency coin anyway..
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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It's hard to say. In years gone by attendee's to events might have got a coin or token to show they had attended and to commemorate the event - that has all gone now - today you get a flashdrive or a mouse mat.
The image is quite striking, perhaps the copiest just wanted to have something related to Hermes (or Mercury if your Roman).
That's who this figure is, by the way - the kerykeion (Greek) or caduceus (Latin) is one of Hermes's attributes along with the winged helmet and boots.
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Valued Member
Sweden
159 Posts |
Alright. Well yes, something related to Hermes sounds more likely than copying an emergency daler, in my opinion.
What about the obverse then? Anyone seen similar persons?
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2892 Posts |
That's really just a caricature of what a Roman Emperor might be. It certainly doesn't look like any any real Roman coin
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Valued Member
Sweden
159 Posts |
Alright. Thanks for your help.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Tomten, the similarities to Mercury on the emergency coin is striking--and obviously used as a model for yours. I wouldn't be surprised if yours is from the same period, and is simply a private-issue token.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Edited by Numismat
02/08/2011 2:11 pm
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Valued Member
Sweden
159 Posts |
Yes very similar actually!
I know that the worth of tokens are very tricky.. But what would you take a guess at?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would not venture a guess. From what I know of Swedish tokens, the rare ones can go for serious money. And if this one is as early as we think, in this condition, would likely be worth a good chunk of change. More research is needed here! =)
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Valued Member
Sweden
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I've found another one! On this swedish page: http://www.tonysmynt.se/polletter/s...nningar.htmlThis is what it says in Swedish under it: Holst 144, Spelpenning, Allmän, 21 mm Lagerkrönt huvud åt höger / Mercurius stående Ett huvud som ofta påstås vara Georg Heinrich von Görtz, kanske för att frånsidan visar en av hans "gudar". Jämför gärna med nödmyntet MERCVRIVS Troligen slagen vid Avesta myntverk under första hälften av 1700-talet. Token in games. Mercurius standing, the head is said to be Georg Heinrich von Görtz, maybe because Mercurius was one of his "gods". Probably minted at Avesta during the first half of the 1700'. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Tomten, that Holst 144 game token looks very close--nice research!  Perhaps yours was also struck in Avesta, just with a different pair of dies? Edited by DVCollector
02/13/2011 12:23 pm
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Valued Member
Sweden
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I think it must've been struck in Avesta as well.
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Moderator
 Australia
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Excellent work. Looks like these "spelpenningar" are the Swedish variants on the German rechenpfennigs and French jetons. 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
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