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Sweden
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Tunisia - 1 Fals 1173 = 1760 Exact date might be hard to make out from my pics but the date is actually 1173, not 1171   |
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Belgium
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1760 60 stuiver silver rider TRA. TRAI. TRAlECTUM = Utrecht MO:NO:ARG:CONFOE:BELG:PRO:TRAI. moneta nova argentea confoederatarum belgii provinciae traiectum new silver money of the confederate Belgium, province Utrecht CONCORDIA RES PARVĈ CRESçUNT Small thing grow by unity (unity is strenght) mintmark shield (Utrecht) does not feels real, likely indian fake 41,4mm  |
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 United States
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1760 NETHERLANDS UTRECHT 'RIDER' DUCATON: [KM92.1; 0.941 silver]  
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United States
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Petrus, what is the weight of that ducaton and what does the edge look like?
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10/02/2015 7:01 pm
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United States
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1760 8 reales, Viceroyalty of New Spain, Mexico City mint. This is the earliest year of Charles III coinage as the monarch ascended to the throne of the Spanish Empire in August of 1759.  |
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United States
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Spain -- 1759 1 real:   |
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Netherlands
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Silver Rider, Province of Utrecht, The Netherlands. MOneta NOva ARGentea CONFOEderatarum BELGicarum PROvinciarum TRAIectensis - New silver coin of Utrecht of the United Dutch Provinces CONCORDIA RES PARVAE CRESCU.NT - unity makes small things grow 43 mm, 32.31g (official weight: 32.76g)   Edited by qxy
10/03/2015 2:57 pm
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Belgium
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Jgenn, The weight is 27,25gr  |
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Netherlands
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With 27.25 grams it's more than 5 grams too light. There was more variation in the weight back then than there is now, but this is too much for it to be a normal deviation. So I guess your suspicion of it being an Indian fake seems on the mark.
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United States
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 with qxy. And what a stunning 1759 ducaton! |
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United States
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1759 8 reales, Viceroyalty of New Spain, Mexico City mint.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Great Britain -- 1758 shilling:   I wonder if this one was buried or in a shipwreck? |
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United States
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That Great Britain -- 1758 shilling: is absolutely stunning!
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United States
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1758 ecu of six livres tournois, France, Bordeaux mint.  With this coin I end my run of consecutive years started on the 1st of September with a 1791 8 reales.  |
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United States
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Great Britain -- 1757 6 pence:   |
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