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 Posted 11/09/2015  03:53 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add robert_ to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Ciao,
I need your help to investigate a small coin that I am not able to identify.
On one side it shows a crown , on the other a strange symbol formed by two kind of zeros, linked by a line on the base (or the top? I don't have idea each is the base.). The 0 on the right side has also a kind of accent.
diameter: 19 mm
weitgh: 1,1 gr
metal: copper or bronze

Thanks to everybody,
Roberto




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 Posted 11/09/2015  05:14 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Fuzzy317 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
There doesn't appear to be any writing for date, denomination, or country, so it being a token is highly likely.
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 Posted 11/09/2015  10:07 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add january1may to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I was sure I've seen this as an Ethiopian coin - apparently not this, but something very similar:

https://goccf.com/t/135783

This might be similar to, or a fake of, the type in the linked thread (though given how obscure that type seems to be, I'm not sure why would anyone fake it).

EDIT: on checking what the design is supposed to be, it is apparently indeed the same type. It's just that the one example that's everywhere online doesn't show part of one of the "zeroes" (apparently because of weakness in this part of the design).
The symbol, for the record, is the Amharic letter #4637; (mi).
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11/09/2015 10:16 am
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 Posted 11/09/2015  10:08 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Badger Mint to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like a checker.
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 Posted 11/09/2015  1:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add robert_ to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks a lot to January1may, I think you are right, the coin is definitely the same as the one linked: the little triangles all around are present also in my coin, not much visible because the coin is worn. And also the little mistakes at the base of the crown are the same.
Incredible you found it so quickly!!
A very interesting coin then, I will try to get more info.
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 Posted 11/10/2015  10:38 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add rage1398 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
with january1may.
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