Possibly French 1726 Coin, Not Sure. Can An Expert Help? :)

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Aliasm New Member Canada 2 Posts	Posted 07/26/2015 6:10 pm Hello Coin Collecting Community! I come as an outsider to coin collecting... I recently stumbled upon a coin in a box yet unpacked from a previous move, and I don't recall where I would have gotten it from. I'm half thinking it may have been a novelty souvenir from a trip, but I'd appreciate if one of you experts here could take a look at it in case it is real. Its diameter is ~~36mm~~ 38mm, and is height is about 2mm. It weighs 13g. EDIT: It is not magnetic, even next to a strong neo I looked around online and this style is similar to a 1725 coin... but it's dated 1726. Here is the link I found about the 1725, note the similarities, especially to the backside. http://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coi...n_coin=16113 Any input would be appreciated. Thank you! Mike Edited by Aliasm 07/27/2015 06:51 am Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16846 Posts	Posted 07/26/2015 9:14 pm Hello and welcome. Sad to say, but it looks like you've got a replica ecu of some kind. The fuzzy appearance of many of the details indicates that it is a cast copy. At 36mm, it's slightly smaller than a 1 ecu; cast coins often are slightly smaller than genuine ones because the hot metal shrinks as it cools. If it's supposed to be a 1 ecu, it's far underweight; a genuine ecu weighs about 29.5 grams. I'd assume it's pewter, or some similar base-metal. 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
Aliasm New Member Canada 2 Posts	Posted 07/26/2015 10:14 pm Thank you for the reply! I measured it again and I was wrong, it was 38mm. However the point you made about it being underweight is probably the nail in the coffin for this coin. Oh well! It was today's adventure if nothing else! Edited by Aliasm 07/26/2015 10:14 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Pistareen Valued Member United States 309 Posts	Posted 08/24/2015 6:09 pm It wants to be a Louis XV Ecu au huit "L" of La Rochelle, but alas it is fake. Report this Post to the Staff
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