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New Member
United Kingdom
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Hi,I have coin that is hand struck with an image of a king facing left and the words carolus rex around the edges. on the other side is a crown emblem at the top and XX underneath that and then S underneath that. no date evident
it is about 18mm diameter and about4mm depth. color is brassy gold. please can somebody help as to identifying it? thanx
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Forum Kid
Kuwait
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Welcome to the forum!
I'm sure you'll love it!
Hmmm....I think...Just think its from spain.Could be Mexican, maybe a "reale" of some sort, but the thing is reales are always silver.
We really need to have some pictures to make such suddent judgements.
Thanks!
TKC!
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New Member
 United Kingdom
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Thanks.yeah a picture would be best(need to get a digital camera so might be a few days!)Maybe I should've mentioned that the carolus bit is spelt carolvs and the outer rim on the faces of the coin are beaded. after carolus there is a dot and before and after rex there is a dot . there are dots either side of XX and either side of S.
does that help?
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Forum Mom
 United States
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Welcome to the forum!  I did some looking in the Krause, Coincraft, and Spink books and I think you may have a token instead of a coin. Please post pictures as soon as you can. I'm looking forward to seeing this one.  |
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Valued Member
United States
177 Posts |
could also be a mid-1700's threepence.
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Moderator
Australia
16845 Posts |
Without a pic, my guess would be a coin weight. The English gold coin, the unite was struck in the reign of both Charleses, valued at twenty shillings, and bore the denomination mark "XX". If you can give us a fairly accurate weight of your item, that may be of assistance. 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
06/28/2006 9:16 pm
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Forum Mom
United States
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The gold Unite coin that I saw in the Coincraft book had a V instead of XX. Was I looking at a different coin or are there multiple denominations of this one? I'm still very new to the old English coinage and would love to learn.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Welcome to the CC forum bucephalus.
Have a great time here with us.
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Rest in Peace
United States
2884 Posts |
Welcome aboard! Keep checking in and I'm sure someone will be able to help you help nail this one down. Mike |
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Forum Kid
Kuwait
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But the Old english coinage never had the monarch facing left/right always front.
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Rest in Peace
United States
3730 Posts |
Welcome to the forum!
Good luck on the identification. Sounds like a tough one to ID.
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Moderator
Australia
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quote:
Originally posted by thekidcollector
But the Old english coinage never had the monarch facing left/right always front.
The English first experimented with side-view portraits in the reign of Henry VII, circa 1500 or so. By the time of Charles I (1625), side-views were normal. 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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Moderator
Australia
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Ah! Found it, on this site. Yup, it's a coin weight. Here's the pic from that site:  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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Forum Mom
United States
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Thanks for the education, Sap. |
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Forum Kid
Kuwait
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Interesting.....Thanks for the news update Sap.
Never heard of coin Weights
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New Member
United Kingdom
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Great! the picture is exactly like the coin I have. Thankyou for the info and the interest in this topic.Much appreciated. |
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Posted 06/28/2006 4:55 pm
