Brass 1639 Double Tournier Information?

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tamarin Pillar of the Community Canada 576 Posts	Posted 09/19/2017 1:51 pm I've recently acquired a group of 17th century small copper coins, all seeming to be of the New France variety. This one was in with them and is clearly brass. It's rough. Can you give me any information on it? Thanks! Edited by tamarin 09/19/2017 3:09 pm Report this Post to the Staff

tamarin Pillar of the Community Canada 576 Posts	Posted 09/20/2017 05:38 am No replies. Guess this one will remain a question mark. Report this Post to the Staff
Smallcentguy Pillar of the Community Canada 1984 Posts	Posted 09/20/2017 07:14 am Older copper and brass coins can tone in unusual colours. I think that this could be copper or brass, but I woul dbet that it is a copper coin with unusual toning/corrosion. XRF analysis would tell you for sure. Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5172 Posts	Posted 09/20/2017 09:39 am Principality of Sedan, Frederic-Maurice. 2 deniers 1639. Looks like the "c2" variety here: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces54057.html I think the quality controls just were lower for those issues; IIRC, my own (much better) example of this type is of fairly similar color. Edited by january1may 09/20/2017 09:39 am Report this Post to the Staff
tamarin Pillar of the Community Canada 576 Posts	Posted 09/20/2017 10:00 am Thanks for the info! The coin is definitely brass. I just hadn't seen one before. Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5172 Posts	Posted 09/20/2017 7:21 pm One further comment that I didn't think of immediately: to the best of my knowledge, aside from one insanely rare variety (as in only known from 1 or 2 examples, IIRC), there was no 17th century small copper issued for New France. As such, I suspect that the rest of your coins are either also regular French (royal or feudal), or not 17th century. Report this Post to the Staff
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