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Pillar of the Community
United States
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...WN:IT&ih=015I won the above listed auction but need help id-ing the items. What can I say, I like to gamble. Besides, I needed a coin from 1776 to extend my "coin from each year" set back to 1773. I guess I'll start looking for something from 1772 soon. Edited by Jays-Dad
04/22/2008 06:08 am
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Most of them are reasonably well identified for you... quote:
1 - Ottoman Empire, Silver Akche, Ibrahim, 1640-48
2 - Old token? "Plus Ultra" - ship on one side, sun/moon on other
3 - Scotland church token, dated 1843
4 - Ireland coin dated 1776
#1 is one of these. Not sure if the mint is determinable on yours. #2 is a Lauer "plus ultra" type rechenpfennig - a German jeton or game token, from the 1800's I believe. #3 is a Scottish communion token. #4 is an Irish halfpenny, or reasonable imitation of same. 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
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 United States
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Thanks, I'd heard of communion tokens but did not know that history. Neat to know. Based on the wear of this token, it definitely saw some use. As for the Irish halfpenny, how can I determine if original or contemporary counterfeit? Does it really matter?
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Australia
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As for the Irish halfpenny, how can I determine if original or contemporary counterfeit? Does it really matter?
In that condition, probably not. 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
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Norway
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Hey! A "coin from each year"-collector as well! Good I'm not the only one. You have progressed further than me, I am (temporarily?) stuck on 1834.
I have 1772, though. 5 kopek from Russia.
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04/23/2008 5:25 pm
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Belgium
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Your token is a jeton, or counter token from Nurenberg.
Nurenberg was for centuries the most important center of fabrication of counter tokens. The Lauer family is one of the famous families in that trade.
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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
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