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United States
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That would be my first guess too with the "Ore" one one side. Seeing the crown, I'd guess Sweden--although it might be some kind of token?  If a closer shot is possible, it would be nice to see the details.  |
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Sweden is the only country to use "Ore" as early as 1700, so this is most probably swedish, but it is not circulation coinage. I have never seen this type before, as Kurt I would guess it is some kind of token.
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Poland
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DagonX, where do you get all those interesting pieces?  |
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United States
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Are you sure that says Ore? And if it does, which: Øre, Öre, Ore.
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KurtS, DCH, I'll make better photos when coin (token?) come to me - I bought it few hours ago  DL20K, usually I'm buying coins on Allegro, sometimes when I have enough time and money I'm going to see what numismatic-shops in my city have in choice  And biannual I'm going on Collector-exchange which is organize in my city
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01/11/2009 1:31 pm
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United States
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I cant say that I add anything to the discussion, but I will say that is a neat little piece and an intriguing design.
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Poland
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As I promised, here's better photo  The "coin" has 18mm diameter and it's definitely silver. |
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United States
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Can you get a hi-res closeup of the date? It looks odd, like it's been tooled, maybe scraped up from the surrounding metal.
It still doesn't look like 'Ore' to me, more like ene(one in several languages), ere, erc.
Right picture appears to be a very crude eagle holding an imperial orb, with H and V above, unreadable letters below near rim.
The whole thing looks to be from hand engraved dies(except the small letters near rim), no punches used.
Probably a token, but I think it's overstruck on something. It may also be someone's art project, hand engraved on an unknown host coin.
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Are you sure that says Ore? And if it does, which: Øre, Öre, Ore. My eyes are seeing the line through the "O" for Øre. There are a lot of alternative ways to write this letter, yet with the same meaning. As for hand-tooled, I would agree the die (or casting) is rather crude--I cannot tell which process made it. I have seen official strikes from this period to be just as crude, so perhaps it's a struck piece. The crudity (or perhaps simply an abstraction) as expressed in the reverse design could be interpreted a number of ways. I really doubt it's fish bones, but that comes to mind as well. Perhaps an insignia associated with "K V" . Given the numerous wars and most likely hard currency shortages during this time, I wouldn't be surprised if it were a bank token for 1 Ore, struck in Sweden, as Litotes suggests. Just my best guess here--perhaps Bo or Litotes has a better idea? |
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Poland
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Here's new photo:  Tomorrow I'll try to take few photos in high resolution Edited by DagonX
02/19/2009 5:38 pm
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Poland
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The best pics I've taken   |
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Poland
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No more interesting ideas about this coin/token? |
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United States
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this is a Swedish coin, i'll have to dig up my book tonight.
-steve
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Poland
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Nice to hear it Can you upload a page from your book with this coin? Edited by DagonX
03/16/2009 6:49 pm
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United States
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well, I struck out - it's not the coin I thought it was... it's most likely a token, and I don't have any token books that would have this in it. this is a good mystery. i'll have access to a token book that might have this next week at the Baltimore Whitman show.
-steve
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