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I Did Not Dig This Out Of The Ground | Sweden 1/2 Ore 1592

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... but it kind of looks like it spent some time there. This coin is not in the greatest shape, but I think its kind of cool looking. Any help with what it is? 22mm and very thin.

I-Did-Not-Dig-This-Out-Of-The-Ground-|-Sweden-1/2-Ore-1592

I-Did-Not-Dig-This-Out-Of-The-Ground-|-Sweden-1/2-Ore-1592

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The three crowns remind me of Swedish/Danish currency. Other than that I have no idea.
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Three crowns are from the Swedish coat of arms and I can read IOHANN. There is a King Johan III of Sweden, maybe this is from that era?

A pic from the Swedish Wikipedia and the text IOHANNS on the top right looks like it matches.
I-Did-Not-Dig-This-Out-Of-The-Ground-|-Sweden-1/2-Ore-1592

I don't know anything about hammered coinage but the era of his reign matches the era for hammered coinage.
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Looking though my personal favourite coin catalog I can almost find a perfect match for your coin, but there's only one detail missing, Yours has a '9' instead of '8'.

˝ Öre- Johan III
http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces61206.html
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The marking seems to indicate 1592 when comparing a pic of a 1582 coin
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That's it, it is a 1592 1/2 ore. I didn't realize that was the date. Thank you!
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