1752 Austrian Coin? | Reproduction Ducat

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matt44 New Member United Kingdom 13 Posts	Posted 01/08/2009 2:50 pm HI guys, comelete newbie here. I've just found the box of old and foreign coins my grandad gave me when I was a child and has been in the loft for the past 15 years. In it is what I think is an Austrian coin which dates 1752. The face side has the inscription FRANC.D.G.R.I.S A.GER.I ER.REX The tails side has a crest with a sword eitherside and the inscription MEA.1752. TU DOMINE. Its a fraction larger than a US Dime and a UK new 5p. Its silver by the way. Are these common? Edited by Sap 01/09/2009 10:28 pm Report this Post to the Staff

GO Moderator United States 6563 Posts	Posted 01/08/2009 3:14 pm Is this is? Report this Post to the Staff
matt44 New Member United Kingdom 13 Posts	Posted 01/08/2009 3:23 pm Yes thats the one! Do you have any info about it? I also have found lots of english ones from 1850 onwards. Report this Post to the Staff
matt44 New Member United Kingdom 13 Posts	Posted 01/08/2009 3:24 pm Its in absolutley great condition too. Report this Post to the Staff
GO Moderator United States 6563 Posts	Posted 01/08/2009 3:30 pm 1700's coins aren't my specialty so I don't have any details on it. We love pictures here so feel free to post some of the 1850's Welcome to the Forum Report this Post to the Staff
KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 01/08/2009 3:39 pm Report this Post to the Staff
matt44 New Member United Kingdom 13 Posts	Posted 01/08/2009 3:46 pm HI thanks for the welcome. I'm going to make a list of the 1800's ones and will post it on here. Its been fun sorting them all out into "old" and "foreign" sections. lol Report this Post to the Staff
GO Moderator United States 6563 Posts	Posted 01/08/2009 4:15 pm Look forward to seeing them. Fell free to start a new Topic under the appropriate section for each coin or a group of them Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 01/08/2009 4:45 pm Sadly, this coin which GraceOutcast pictured is a reproduction of an Austrian gold coin. I have two, given to me by my grandma; one has "COPY" on it in big bold letters underneath the portrait, one does not. I believe they were a Reader's Digest promotional gimmick from the 1970's or 1980's. 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
matt44 New Member United Kingdom 13 Posts	Posted 01/08/2009 5:18 pm Ok, got a list together will post it in the UK section. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 01/09/2009 10:26 pm Here are my two: Both retain most of their gilding, though the one on the left has clearly suffered more from being removed from it's card than the other. I think that one had a big blob of greenish glue on it when I was given it, which I removed with acetone. The one on the right has "COPY" below the portrait. I remember reading an article about the various varieties of these, but I can't recall if it was a web page or from a magazine. I can't find it now. 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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