1717 Thirty Six Shillings Coin... Newbie To This Whole Thing

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jimmicra New Member United Kingdom 1 Posts	Posted 02/10/2019 11:56 am I have just found a 1717 Thirty six shillings Coin It looks to be gold or bronze and the contrition isn't to bad. Does anyone have any information on this coin? TIA. Report this Post to the Staff

tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7933 Posts	Posted 02/10/2019 2:02 pm It's always helpful if you can post some pictures, so the experts here can see exactly what it is that you have. Report this Post to the Staff
NumisRob Bedrock of the Community United Kingdom 17890 Posts	Posted 02/10/2019 2:04 pm Hello and ! I don't know what type of coin you mean - please could you post decent photos of both sides of the item, and advise us of the diameter and weight? This will help us to identify what you have. Thanks! My Trade List: https://goccf.com/t/194596 My Wants List: https://goccf.com/t/191710 Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9862 Posts	Posted 02/10/2019 2:11 pm Most likely a coin weight, not a coin. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Report this Post to the Staff
Ballyhoo Pillar of the Community United States 1613 Posts	Posted 02/10/2019 2:51 pm Before the United States came to be it was just another in a very long list of British territories. So the Shilling, not to mention the more preferred Spanish Real, were the acceptable means of payment. However, both were silver-not bronze as you describe. Below is an example until you post one for reference. Hope this helps compared with your own. ANA member - PAN Member - BCCS Member There are no problems only solutions - the late, great John Lennon Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16806 Posts	Posted 02/10/2019 5:20 pm If I had to guess, and it is a pure guess based on the lack of picture, what you have is a "coin weight". These were made to be used with coin scales, or coin balances. The weight corresponds to a gold coin, British or foreign, which had an exchange value of 36 shillings at the time the weight was made. You can see some examples of coin weights from the 1700s on this UKDFD page. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 02/10/2019 5:58 pm I agree with Sap. There are early 18th c. brass weights with an equivalence of 36/- for the Portuguese gold 4 escudo coin (cf. John/Johannes V of Portugal, whose Portuguese name Joao was commonly shortened to "Joe") A "double Joe" was 3/12/- in LSD (written as Three Pound Twelve on the weights) = 8 Escudos or 12,800 Brazilian reis. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 02/11/2019 09:56 am to the Community! 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
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36558 Posts	Posted 02/11/2019 10:39 am I agree with DBM and Sap. Report this Post to the Staff
Dorado Bedrock of the Community Canada 24885 Posts	Posted 02/12/2019 04:38 am To the Forum. Report this Post to the Staff
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