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Mr Finger Valued Member United States 405 Posts	Posted 01/08/2009 03:30 am I got these coin copies in a bag of tokens and medals that I purchased,but I'm not sure of what they are copies of...maybe you fellas can identify them Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16816 Posts	Posted 01/08/2009 04:47 am Pic 1: They look like Teutonic Order of Knights coins, like this one - they're classed as "German States", though most of their territory was in what is now Poland and the Baltic States. They look much neater and less crude than real Teutonic Order coins. Pic 2: the pic's a bit too fuzzy to tell; it looks kind of like the Lion of Rhegion, as seen on their coins. Pic 3: A bit of Googling the text found this reference, right down the bottom of the page, where it's attributed to the Society of Creative Anachronism. Apparently, it's a complete fantasy, not a copy of any ancient or mediaeval coin. Pic 4: Another fantasy piece. This one purports to be a gold ducat issued by Juraj Janosik, a notorious outlaw from central Europe. This site calls him the "Slovak Robin Hood". Wikipedia calls Robin Hood an "English Juraj Janosik"! 1713 was the year Janosik was executed. http://cgi.ebay.com/MEDAL-JANOSIKOV...82_W0QQitemZ 270325910645QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090105?IMSfp=TL090105122007r32028see quite a lot of them on this forum. 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 Edited by Sap 01/08/2009 04:49 am Report this Post to the Staff
xshift Pillar of the Community United States 2669 Posts	Posted 01/08/2009 08:16 am Speaking of that replica tetradrachm - I sent mine to school this morning with my daughter. They are studying ancient Greece and I know her teacher will get a kick out of it. I made sure "REPLICA" is in big bold letters on the flip label Report this Post to the Staff
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