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Coin To Identify With Shield, Id: Portugal 5 Reais - Sebastião I

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 Posted 09/19/2018  05:47 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add iamchrisd to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Can you help identify this coin, sorry that it is very worn and cant see much. One side has a shield that might be identifiable with writing possibly - ..DG ? LGAEBIOH?..

Coin-To-Identify-With-Shield,-Id:-Portugal-5-Reais---Sebastião-I
Coin-To-Identify-With-Shield,-Id:-Portugal-5-Reais---Sebastião-I

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 Posted 09/19/2018  07:47 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add january1may to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Well, that's a Portuguese shield, so it's either from Portugal or a Portuguese colony.

What's the size and weight? That would help.
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 Posted 09/20/2018  08:46 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add iamchrisd to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you for identifying the shield it will help me in the right direction. Its 29mm diameter and 6.3 grams. Also I have worked out now it says - 'ALGARBIORUM'
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09/20/2018 09:33 am
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https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces39466.html

I checked the entire list of old Portuguese coins on Numista, and this is the only type that is even close to fitting.

(It was really the ALGARBIORUM that helped me - almost all the other types had some variety of PORTUGAL on the left side instead.)

I think the lettering I see on the second pic is consistent with what is supposed to be there, so it's probably a match, I guess?
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 Posted 09/20/2018  4:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add iamchrisd to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thats really amazing, yes I would agree with you on this one. Thank you so much for your help!
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