I Have An Ancient Coin Dated 1544 And Can't Identify It. I Need Help.

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cancoins340 New Member Canada 18 Posts	Posted 11/13/2018 12:10 am It is copper, has latin writings on it that are hard to read fully. One side has manus+domini+protegat+me. There could be more to the "me" but it's hard to read. The other side has alarum tuarum protegeme and a word that seems to end in umbra. I am lost and appreciate any help figuring out what this is, coin or not. Report this Post to the Staff

Bayern New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 11/13/2018 01:27 am It is a French jeton (also spelled jetton). The only information I could find on it was from a Google books scan of a 19th century work. Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 11/13/2018 07:32 am Similar here: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2480621 Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 11/13/2018 07:33 am to the community cancoins and Bayern. Report this Post to the Staff
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Spence Moderator United States 34430 Posts	Posted 11/13/2018 7:24 pm Very nice 16th Century Jeton @cancoins340. Glad to have you a part of CCF! "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
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