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1/2 Ducat Felipe II (Strange Find) And Opinions Please!

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 Posted 06/08/2022  1:15 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Roma2021 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hello,

I bought a bag of "junk foreign" today at a shop. The bag contained about 15 actual junk foreign coins; four pre-64 Roosevelt dimes, two pre-64 quarters, a french 50 centime from 1914, and a 1937 10 pfenning; I paid €22 figuring the silver covered the cost.

So, I was very surprised to see this coin amongst the others... Can someone help?

I think it is one of these two, but the reverse does not align correctly. The weight is 14.57

Any help would be appreciated!
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces123479.html

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces61713.html


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 Posted 06/08/2022  1:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add JohnConduitt to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Do you mean it isn't coin alignment? Otherwise, it's the first link https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces123479.html
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 Posted 06/08/2022  1:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Roma2021 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
@john - hello ... the two photos are the coin's obverse and flipped 180 degree - isn't the shield/crest facing the wrong direction? ie Right to Left vs. Top to bottom?
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 Posted 06/08/2022  4:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add JohnConduitt to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I don't know this type but it seems odd for a hammered coin to be anything but 'variable alignment'.
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@john, do you see what I am saying though? the reserve is not up/down, but left/right.
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I know it's hammered and there's room for error, but no examples I have seen online so far show the orientation so 'off'.
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