16th Century Coin Die Proof - What Coin?

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BioProf New Member United States 18 Posts	Posted 09/03/2008 1:53 pm Hello again, I got such good information last time, I thought I would throw this one out and see what I could find out. I believe this is the reverse of the proof for the die of a coin - possibly German, maybe Dutch - from around the first part of the 16th Century. I would like to find out what coin it was "testing" the die for and possibly locate the coin to make an interesting display. Any ideas? Thanks, Daryl Image: Proof2.jpg 60.63 KB Report this Post to the Staff

BioProf New Member United States 18 Posts	Posted 09/03/2008 1:56 pm I tried to format as suggested but no luck displaying the picture. Other ideas? Thanks, Daryl Report this Post to the Staff
KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 09/03/2008 2:16 pm Hi, Sometimes the tags get broken around an image and it won't show. Here's an example of the code to embed an image: [img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3082...e6a7a4fa.jpg[/img] Here is the result: Btw, very nice trial strike, proof or whatever it proves to be--good luck! Report this Post to the Staff
BioProf New Member United States 18 Posts	Posted 09/03/2008 2:25 pm My image is on my computer and I upload it to this site. How do I change the code that is uploaded to be like your example? The code from the upload is (spaces and quotes added to try and keep code intact): "" Proof2.jpg 60.62 KB - "" "" Image:[/b] ["url"="http://www. coincommunity. com/forum/uploaded/BioProf/200893_ Proof2.jpg Edited by BioProf 09/03/2008 2:30 pm Report this Post to the Staff
KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 09/03/2008 2:53 pm Hi, All you need to do is take your image URL and type those tags I show in my post. Like so: Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16834 Posts	Posted 09/03/2008 9:02 pm Quote: I believe this is the reverse of the proof for the die of a coin... The term you're looking for is a "trial strike" or "pull" - a coin-like object struck in a soft metal at low pressures, used to test the design struck up by the die before the die is hardened prior to regular use. The "soft metal" is usually lead or copper. Now, to which coin the die was used for. I haven't found an exact match, but can tell you it was used for a coin from the Three Imperial Cities of Zwolle, Deventer and Kampen, in what are now the Netherlands. I believe the legend reads MONE ZVA DEVA CAMPEN. This example on CoinArchives dates from 1488 and has a very similar design on the reverse. 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
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