I Like This One It Looks Almost Fairy Tale Like | Louis D'or

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Hoss Valued Member United States 70 Posts	Posted 01/26/2009 12:46 am Image: 1774louisbck.jpg 93.13 KB Image: 1774louisfrt.jpg 96.9 KB Edited by Sap 01/27/2009 08:12 am Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16834 Posts	Posted 01/26/2009 02:05 am A "Louis d'or" is a French gold coin, but this item clearly isn't made of gold. "Gewicht" is German for "weight", and the leaping horse on the obverse is a common badge for the House of Hanover. So what you've got here is a "coin weight" (not a coin) from Hanover, in Germany; it would weigh the same as a real French ½ louis d'or, and would have been used on a simple pan balance by a merchant to verify whether coins given to them in trade were genuine or not. Coin weights are an interesting "fringe" area of numismatics. 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
Hoss Valued Member United States 70 Posts	Posted 01/26/2009 02:33 am sap does this have any value? and Thanks again your a wealth of info.. Hoss Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16834 Posts	Posted 01/26/2009 03:33 am Yes. At least, it's not "throw it in the trash" worthless, but it's probably not worth more than a couple of dollars. 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
wetglaswegian Member United States 917 Posts	Posted 01/28/2009 10:42 pm In my travels ive found people collect the strangest things.Id imagine there must be a market for something like that.Its dated and obvious what it is , consider the high prices tokens can realise. Id research my market for an item like that , its out there..somewhere Report this Post to the Staff
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