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Canada
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thanks for viewing i do not have the attached in hand..sellers photo.. thought it might be coinage but perhaps a counter weight.? wondering what others may think tia  |
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United States
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Appears to be a brass whim buss used by Rudolph to prevent electrocution.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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what was the description when you bought it?
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United States
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Another question: are those marks on all the faces or do they vary? maybe a few more pics?
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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It doesn't look like a coin weight to me.
Why did you buy it ?
What is it made of ?
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks all the desc read INGOT SHAPED COIN MARKED ? sorry no other description no weight,dimensions etc. bought purely on whim i hope to receive it in a day or so,and then take weight etc thanks again  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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vendors weight 12 grm non magnetic  |
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Reminds me of a punch marked coin. Could also be an Islamic issue under the Mughals, or the civic coinage of Iran and Afghanistan.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Enlil: thanks very much
i`ve looked @ a lot of punch
marks(etc.) of late..
with no luck..i`m beginning to
wonder if it is coinage
at all..?
if anything else comes to
mind
could you let me know ?
if I find anything...will advise
tia
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree with moxking. This has something to do with Rudolph's nose.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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i bow 2 your
expertise
Rudolph i`m sure would
concur
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United States
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This is a real puzzler.
The shape is too irregular for it to have been a manufactured part.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Buddy
thank you !!
i spend more time thinking
about what this might possibly
be..than I should..
may I ask if you think the
wear looks natural ?
perhaps hand to hand or someones
pocket piece ?
and not chemically enhanced ?
and if anything else springs to mind
pls let me know
tia
p.s. would greatly appreciate
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Quote:
i spend more time thinking
about what this might possibly
be..than I should.. Me, too, and it's not even mine!  So, I looked up ingots and stuff and kind of thought that it was possibly a bit of leftover brass that got put into a home-made clay mold. The circular marks are still a puzzle. I showed it to my husband. His father was a jeweler for many years and had all the tools and stuff. He knew exactly how someone would do such a thing. He said the circular marks had to have been at the bottom of the mold as the smoothest side was the side that showed slag marks. The molten metal would level off and be smoothest at the top. The slag rises to the top and gets removed. We haven't seen all six sides so we're really guessing here. But he thought that the circular marks might have been made by a tool used to tamp clay or sand for the mold. He thought clay was used since the item is mostly smooth. His father made his lead sinkers this way. (He fished every day after he retired.) Basically, he thought someone had bits of brass and they melted into a pellet to be used at a later date, just like I had thought. All this made me feel like it was Solved -- but it's not. It could have been made last year or a thousand years ago and the circular marks are still a puzzle. But if it isn't ancient -- it quite likely is leftover metal from someone who made belt buckles or jewelry or anything else. It seems the easiest explanation. On the other hand, maybe there's some other more interesting history to it.  |
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