I Cannot Identify This Coin/Token!? Grr

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crystaljones New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 01/03/2014 10:53 pm I have been trying to identify this coin.. I found it medal detecting and its kinda making me mad that I cannot find ANYTHING on it. I brong it to a coin shop and he says he THINKS its british and that its been in a fire.. I think its German. but idk.. The bell does not look like the liberty bell.. it has HM FS 95.6. under the bell and what looks like kommt lasst um aneben the date is what looks like 1898 or 1698 or the 9 is a 6.. I have no clue but someone help? Report this Post to the Staff

philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 01/03/2014 11:53 pm I think we can say you are right and the coin shop owner is wrong. I believe the phrase is going to be "Kommt lasst uns anbeten," or "Come, let us worship." Psalms 95:6 of the Lutheran Bible. It's a start. Edited by philadelphian 01/04/2014 12:03 am Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 01/04/2014 12:06 am So I think we can safely say that's "Ps. 95:6" under the bell. Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 01/04/2014 12:13 am Oh, and Where was this found? If in the US, it might help pin down a German-American Lutheran synod. Report this Post to the Staff
crystaljones New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 01/04/2014 12:21 am I got it in new jersey.. I'm still trying to find more info on it. lol Report this Post to the Staff
crystaljones New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 01/04/2014 12:25 am I am getting nothing from it lol but yes ps 95.6. sounds better and come with the german.. it must be a church coin of some sort.. still trying to find more info/ Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 01/04/2014 10:02 am As to the reverse, I can make out the partial word (**)DENKEN. I'll posit this may be the phase ZUM ANDENKEN, meaning "In Remembrance," or more simply, "Souvenir." May be something like this early 19th century German first communion token, which reads "Souvenir of Holy Confirmation." In combination with the bible verse of "Come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker," a first communion token seems likely. Edited by philadelphian 01/04/2014 10:16 am Report this Post to the Staff
colonialjohn Pillar of the Community United States 1757 Posts	Posted 01/04/2014 10:48 am Its motifs are TOO ADVANCED for any type/form of communion token. Its probably a German type religious commemorative piece in copper/brass type alloy. You will have to dig deep on this one <BG>. John Lorenzo United States Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 01/04/2014 10:59 am John, I don't mean the 17th-18th century Presbyterian style tokens that granted one admission to a church's communion service, but rather, as ZUM ANDENKEN would suggest, a memento given to a child on their first communion day. Forms of those are still being made, though I think I can read the tiny date on this one as 1868 or 1869. Report this Post to the Staff
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