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kestrelia New Member United States 29 Posts	Posted 07/25/2008 1:52 pm I've been searching rolls pennies and other denominations pretty seriously for over a year now. Last night was without a doubt my best moment. As I was about to pour out and search one hand-rolled roll of pennies, I noticed a bulge in the roll, one of the coins in the roll was obviously not a US penny. I immediately assumed it was a British penny. That's what such bulges usually are. It took me a while to work the mystery coin out. It turned out to be something goldish with the date 1915 on it. Could it be? I compared the color of the coin to my wedding ring (which is 18K gold) and it matched. I searched online and found several (in better condition) coins that looked just like mine. They gave a weight. I snuck upstairs (my son was sleeping), got my coin scale and weighed it. All checked out! I can't believe it. The coins is, obviously, the only gold coin I've found. It is also the most valuable and maybe the oldest foreign coin I've found (it just beats a 1920 Canadian penny I found). According to my research, it is .987 find gold and has .349 grams of gold. Some ebay auction results I've seen lead me to believe it is worth around $100 and the melt value of it is currently about $100. I found the following description of the coin online: Austrian 1915 One Ducat Ducats were issued by Austria in 1612, and probably earlier. The last regular issue of ducats was in 1914. All the ducats dated 1915 are restrikes, of which there were 996,721 struck between 1920 and 1936. One ducat coins dated 1915 are still being produced by the Austrian Mint as official restrikes. Franz Joseph I was born in 1848, and died in 1916. Obverse The laureate head, facing right, of Emperor Franz Joseph I FRANC IOS I D G AUSTRIAE IMPERATOR Reverse The arms of Austria superimposed upon a crowned double-headed Imperial eagle. HUNGAR BOHEM GAL LOD ILL REX A A 1915 High Carat Gold Ducats were produced in high purity gold, 233/4 carats, making them among the highest purity gold coins ever issued for circulation. I only wish I could be certain how old it really is. -Brian Image: 1ducat.jpg 25.19 KB Report this Post to the Staff

malissadawn Pillar of the Community Canada 1931 Posts	Posted 07/25/2008 1:57 pm wow!! awesome find. I only wish that would happen to me. good for you! Report this Post to the Staff
daviscfad Pillar of the Community United States 4541 Posts	Posted 07/25/2008 2:27 pm dont know much about it but it sounds like a good find to me Report this Post to the Staff
coindexter Pillar of the Community United States 869 Posts	Posted 07/25/2008 2:28 pm Vary nice. Now you will be hooked on roll seaching forever. And welcome to the CCf also :-) Edited by coindexter 07/25/2008 2:30 pm Report this Post to the Staff
ElleKitty Pillar of the Community United States 819 Posts	Posted 07/25/2008 2:33 pm That's awesome. My brother-in-law found a gold five pesos in circulation; he works at an overnight convenience store on an Interstate Highway. I can't convince him to give it to me, though. He's smarter than he looks. Report this Post to the Staff
KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 07/25/2008 2:50 pm Nice find! If the weight checks out, no other metals can match it. Judging from your photo, your coin looks like it's seen some days. The evenly spaced indents around the rim are interesting--was that common on the originals? I think I've only seen the later strikes. Report this Post to the Staff
Amazon99 Pillar of the Community United States 2443 Posts	Posted 07/25/2008 3:53 pm Wow, congrads! That's a great find. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187485 Posts	Posted 07/25/2008 3:57 pm Nice find and thank your for sharing! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
DL20K Pillar of the Community Poland 3201 Posts	Posted 07/25/2008 4:31 pm Erm, weren't the 1915 ducats larger than a cent? How did that fit in a cent roll? Report this Post to the Staff
numismaniac64 Valued Member United States 61 Posts	Posted 07/26/2008 07:50 am WOW! I thought I had a good find when I pulled a 1905 IHC last night, but your find is a bit better Report this Post to the Staff
jeremymh Pillar of the Community United States 543 Posts	Posted 07/26/2008 3:40 pm Wow what a shooking find, congrats! Report this Post to the Staff
Coinwhiz1776 Valued Member United States 100 Posts	Posted 07/26/2008 3:44 pm Now that is lucky. Report this Post to the Staff
kestrelia New Member United States 29 Posts	Posted 07/26/2008 8:46 pm The ducat is only slightly larger than a penny. It was a tight fit, but someone put it in there somehow. I get hand rolls often for just this reason, people seem to shove all sorts of things in these rolls, either by mistake or hoping to pull one over on the bank. This time the joke was on them. Report this Post to the Staff
docsfishn Pillar of the Community United States 1031 Posts	Posted 07/26/2008 10:59 pm That's a great find! Report this Post to the Staff
Randy Valued Member United States 86 Posts	Posted 07/27/2008 08:00 am Have you thought about playing the lottery? With luck like that you can't miss. Way to go. Report this Post to the Staff
XavierOfGreen Pillar of the Community United States 2589 Posts	Posted 07/27/2008 2:56 pm I have heard stories of people finding gold quarter eagles in penny rolls, but never any other gold coin . Excellent find and thanks for sharing!! Report this Post to the Staff
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