What Coin Is This, Or If Reproduction/Fake—what/Where Does It Represent?

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sms65965 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 04/15/2022 7:05 pm Hi, I found this today (I know putting a coin into a bezel is awful), but I've never seen a medieval coin like this, and I tried searching for where it might come from (or if fake what it's supposed to represent). Has anyone seen a coin like this or know where it might come from/time period? It looks "crusader" state, but I don't know which. Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16838 Posts	Posted 04/15/2022 8:14 pm It is loosely - very, very loosely - based on the design of Spanish-colonial silver 8 reales coins - the "pirate piece of eight". The obverse, with the shield, is loosely based on the Spanish coat of arms with the Bourbon triple-fleur-de-lys badge in the centre. On the other side, we have the lions-and-castles symbols of Leon and Castile, quartered in a Jerusalem Cross. Only this isn't a Jerusalem Cross, it's a cross pattee. Genuine Spanish coins never used a cross of this shape and style. So I would assume that it's a "made-for-jewellery" replica. Since they didn't ruin a perfectly good coin by putting it in the bezel but used a replica instead, you may put your mind at ease there. I assume it was made and sold as a "pirate treasure" piece of jewellery. 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
sms65965 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 04/16/2022 12:54 am Thanks very much; I appreciate it! Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188952 Posts	Posted 04/16/2022 4:02 pm 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
Spence Moderator United States 34423 Posts	Posted 04/16/2022 5:00 pm @sms, in looking at your pics, I just noticed that the bezel is stamped with "14K", so it is likely that it is almost 60% gold. If you decide to separate the replica coin from the bezel, don't just pitch the bezel. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
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