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I found this on the sidewalk near me home. I first bypassed it because it looked like a washer. But you never know, so I turned and picked it up. At home I realized that it's a coin. But I have been unable to ID it. It may be foreign. I don't know. the last tow numbers on the date is either 87 or 37. The observe has a large profile of a (woman's/man's?) There is a shield on the reverse. It's a keeper regardless of what it is. By the way this coin is slightly larger than a quarter. Also how do I store this? Help! Image:  Img_0587.jpg60.41 KB Image: Img_0582.jpg60.62 KB Edited by thingee
01/27/2007 8:52 pm
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Thats a good question. It reminds me of something, but I cant put my finger on it.
Sorry,
Ty
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Rest in Peace
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I wonder if you could clean it up a little bit in order to get a better idea.
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Gary, the problem about cleaning it is that some of what is coming off, peeling, appears to have part of the desings on it. So that if I try cleaning it a little bit it will remove the design.
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Id say you should definetly clean it. You wont be able to do anything without it being cleaned up.
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How do you suggest I clean it, Laxmaster92?
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You can try soaking it in some war water and soap. This way it wont peel.
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Found it. It's a Swedish 1 krona, KM# 852 (cupronickel-clad-copper) or 852a (solid cupronickel), dating from 1976 to 2000. Here's a pic from (131231) Not Allowed - Auto-Removed :  Not Allowed - Auto-Removed /countries/img6/171-852.jpg) 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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Sap, you are incredible!! How did you do that with so little information?
I am truly amazed and very curious as to how you went about this.
Thank you so much!
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It was a combination of luck and skill.  The shield was the giveaway. The top picture (#587) clearly shows the pointy base of a coat-of-arms kind of shield. Assuming the two horizontal lines just above the centre of the coin were the base of a crown and the top of the shield, I then knew the rough size of the shield and could have a crack at guessing what symbols might be on the shield. I thought I could make out a small crown in the lower part of the shield, and maybe two more crowns just like it above that. "three crowns" is a well-known symbol for Sweden, so I might as well look through Sweden in Krause for anything similar. And there it was! Luck: In my slow alphabetical trawl through my collection, I happen to be up to Sweden at the moment. Sweden was on my mind...  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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Posted 01/27/2007 8:14 pm
