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silvering New Member United States 43 Posts	Posted 12/09/2022 8:40 pm This is an insert from a broken estate find ring. It has been chopped down for that purpose. I think it was a coin, but I have no clue what it is. Hope for help Identifying. Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 14946 Posts	Posted 12/09/2022 9:04 pm It was indeed from a coin - French. Your can just see the beginnings and endings of the words "Republique" and "Francaise". I can't ID which coin it was borrowed from. 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
Spence Moderator United States 26047 Posts	Posted 12/09/2022 9:07 pm @sil, with that bust, it is for sure French. Based on the partial inscription to the right MORLO, I'm pretty sure it is from the 1930s or 1940s. See this link to a 50 Centimes for comparison. Any chance of you showing us a picture of the other side? Thx. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces890.html "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
silvering New Member United States 43 Posts	Posted 12/09/2022 9:40 pm Thanks for the help! The elder in this estate was in Europe during WW II. The reverse is ground so no help. I will keep searching and hope others will. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 14946 Posts	Posted 12/10/2022 01:45 am Spence has found it. It will be an aluminium-bronze coin, either the 50 centimes, 1 franc or 2 francs from the 1930s (pre-WWII), depending on size. These coins were withdrawn by the Vichy regime once France surrendered to the Nazis. This may in turn mean that the ring itself was perhaps originally made as some kind of membership ring for an anti-Nazi Resistance cell during the War. 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
fplagge Valued Member United States 490 Posts	Posted 12/10/2022 08:49 am Quote: These coins were withdrawn by the Vichy regime once France surrendered to the Nazis. This may in turn mean that the ring itself was perhaps originally made as some kind of membership ring for an anti-Nazi Resistance cell during the War. Now THIS is interesting! Thank you for the thought. Report this Post to the Staff
silvering New Member United States 43 Posts	Posted 12/10/2022 10:43 am Spence, Thanks for locating the coin and taking interest. Sap, Thanks for the very interesting info. As the pic. of the ring shows it is broken. Appears to be bronze, no inscription, with a V design on each side. I'll have to show it to our local jeweler to see if it can be repaired. I'll try to research the info and hope others, if interested, will do the same. Report this Post to the Staff
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