Help To ID Unknown Ancient? Coin/Token

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mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3546 Posts	Posted 12/04/2013 05:13 am Hello, I have no idea what type of coin I have posted here on this thread. This coin/token does not stick to a magnet. If applicable, please indicate the country, year, grade, and denomination. Thanks, mdpmedia Report this Post to the Staff

Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 12/04/2013 05:27 am Your pictures are a little dark. Can you make them lighter? Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 12/04/2013 11:02 am Found these images of a fake Lima 8 escudos (obviously not in gold) on another forum. I think you'll find it's identical to yours, down to the corners on the "rough" edge: http://www.cointalk.com/threads/hel...-coin.48496/ Edited by philadelphian 12/04/2013 11:25 am Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 12/04/2013 7:36 pm I think philadelphian found it looks like 8 Escudos from Peru EDIT - copied to my computer and the image is lighter the date is at the bottom of the reverse between the pillars, 7 4 1 (1741) Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 12/04/2013 8:23 pm I took your pictures and made them lighter, hope you don't mind. Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 12/04/2013 9:00 pm I took out the KM# I thought. The images in Krause are a little off, but they are not always accurate. The coin design matches KM# 47, but that design is not shown for 1741. Also, the number 1's on the example in Krause are different from the one above, if that's a one. More research turns up more questions. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16845 Posts	Posted 12/07/2013 05:55 am This coin is a "pirate replica", not unlike the one posted by Philadelphian above, although there is one curious "alteration": The date has been changed from 1736 to 1741. Or rather, one of the dates has been changed. The dies for these coins actually had the date on them in two separate places; I assume this was because most of the coins struck using them were "cobs", very crudely struck, and putting the date on twice doubled the probability that a legible date would appear somewhere on the coin. The date Fuzzy found says "1741". The other date is in the legend on that same side, and says "ANO 1736". 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
a4angelv New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 05/28/2016 8:23 pm I apologize should I be incorrect but I've seen similar described as Templar coins or currency? Report this Post to the Staff
mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3546 Posts	Posted 05/29/2016 06:31 am to CCF a4angelv Report this Post to the Staff
Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 05/29/2016 6:04 pm Please compare here: http://www.sedwickcoins.com/fake_cobs.htm Report this Post to the Staff
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