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Received a pile of metal detected coins from England. Amongst the lot are several lead coins, tokens, or seals. Question is who (if anyone) manufactured lead coins? And what era were they made? I still do not know how to get pics on here so sorry, no pics. Thanks WOLF Edited by wolf-n-wa
12/28/2013 10:27 pm
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I have only heard of lead for pattern coins and counterfiets.
Feel free to call me Will.
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No but I can e-mail or text pics of the coins. WOLF
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Wolf, are you in Japan now!
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No Vermontensium, back home in Washington state.
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Cool. Underneath your avatar it says Japan :-)
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Magic!
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As for the OP's question: actual coins made of lead are very few and far between. Perhaps the most commonly encountered in the world coin dealerships are the lead kas coins of Danish India and their Dutch cash counterparts. From much the same part of the world, there are much older lead coins, from the late ancient/early mediaeval period. Example. While many Chinese cash coins have measurable amounts of lead in the alloy, there are also some Chinese cash coins cast in more or less pure lead; whether these were intended as currency or as decorations or as having some kind of ritual purpose is now unknown, but they are not common. There are many coins from Southeast Asia, both native and colonial, that appear to be made of lead but are more liekly to be made of a pewter-like lead-tin alloy. The vast majority of coin-like objects made of lead you're likely to find, especially in Europe, are seals, tokens, medals and counterfeit coins. The only pure lead object I have in my entire collection is a Scottish communion token. 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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Thanks Sap. Maybe one day I'll figure out this pic posting and put some up. WOLF
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They are likely to be Bag seals, tokens, seals or weights. They did put designs onto the weights.
Boy bishop tokens are pretty rare but even rarer is the civil war issued merchant farthings in lead. If you send me some pictures, I can take a rough guess at what they are and if necessary, point you to someone who could further help you.
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Hi Wolf  You could send me your pictures also, if you like, and I can post them for you. |
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Hey Xshift! Thanks a ton pics goin to Benbyfield. Thanks for the offer much appreciated. Been gone to long. Nice to be back. WOLF
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