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Tileman Valued Member United States 127 Posts	Posted 09/17/2023 8:58 pm Hello, my friend found this while digging a trench. He was in middle Ga. on an a rather old farmhouse location. I have no more info beyond that. The obverse is blank looks rather primitive as far as finish not very flat or smooth. I told him if anyone knows they would be found here. Thanks for any help. It is 2-3/4"in diameter. Report this Post to the Staff

HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 25004 Posts	Posted 09/17/2023 9:10 pm Any chance that you could provide some of the wording from the bottom? Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 09/17/2023 9:30 pm @tile, it is always best to supply pics of both sides to help with the identification. Please add that when you get a chance. Thx. With that said, I found a late-17th Century silver medal with a similar reverse. Your appears to have been gilt or plated, so may very well have been made later. Here is a link to the auction to help you with your research: https://www.ma-shops.com/cheilan/item.php?id=15218 "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
Tileman Valued Member United States 127 Posts	Posted 09/17/2023 9:36 pm This is actually how it looks many letters are unrecognizable. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16809 Posts	Posted 09/18/2023 12:05 am It sounds to me like a uniface copy of the medal listed in the MA-Shops link: a French medal dated 1687 commemorating the restoration of French king Louis XIV to health following painful and experimental surgery. There is a bronze non-uniface restrike of this medal in the ANS medal collection: http://numismatics.org/collection/0000.999.44445 So restrikes of this medal are known. 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
Tileman Valued Member United States 127 Posts	Posted 09/18/2023 01:51 am I would like to thank you in person and shack your hand. So if ever in mid Ga. Let me know when your headed this way and I will buy you supper. . Thanks again and have a good one! Edited by Moderatior Phone numbers and addreesses are not allowed to be posted. Report this Post to the Staff
Tileman Valued Member United States 127 Posts	Posted 09/18/2023 07:42 am Sorry bout not checking on the # in rules before posting. Is there a demand for a copy of a medal like this. Report this Post to the Staff
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