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vince1977 Pillar of the Community Netherlands 847 Posts	Posted 03/16/2014 1:14 pm Hello Forum People, Ive got this 2 lead coins? At least I think they are coins, just because they are round. It could be 2 Mereau? For the poor people. But I can't find the same. They were in an collection of arabic/indian/german/united kingdom/jeton coins. Maybe that helps identifying? The diameter off both coins are like 25mm They weight 7,53 and 7,59 grams. So I think they might have the same function. Report this Post to the Staff

philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 03/16/2014 2:59 pm I'm thinking they may be lead bale seals: http://www.colchestertreasurehuntin...aleseals.htm Report this Post to the Staff
vince1977 Pillar of the Community Netherlands 847 Posts	Posted 03/16/2014 3:29 pm Thank you philadelphian for your reaction. But to be honest they look different then those. The shape is more regular then bale seals. I found alot of bale seals with an metal detector myself. But the shape is not good round mostly and otherwise thick. These lead things are not thick as in the lead bale seals I found also myself. Maybe I am wrong though... Then they should come outside of europe. As for I havent seen this kind of bale seals on forums yet.. Report this Post to the Staff
vince1977 Pillar of the Community Netherlands 847 Posts	Posted 03/16/2014 3:36 pm They are more look a like as these below: http://www.loodjes.nl And then go to armenpenningen . It is an dutch website so it is better to let google translate it I think. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16842 Posts	Posted 03/16/2014 6:04 pm For seals, I'd expect to see places around the rim where the cords went; I'm not seeing that here. I'd assume these are lead tokens of some kind, late mediaeval to early modern. See this Token Corresponding Society page for some examples similar to yours, and some basic info on them. Also see the UK Detector Finds Database pages for hundreds of examples of such tokens found in Britain. 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
colonialjohn Pillar of the Community United States 1757 Posts	Posted 03/18/2014 09:07 am Yes lead tokens and not lead bale seals - did an intensive study for awhile with the American Numismatic Society of bale seales with Dr. Hoge and had collected over 100 in my collection. Interstingly - like U.S. Communion TOkens in lead - U.S. Bale seals are VERY RARE. I still own several from the U.S. Civil War period. UNIQUE. Normally with lettering and like you say a loop or broken shank(s) for the cord ... KEEP DIGGING ... John Lorenzo United States Report this Post to the Staff
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