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Pillar of the Community
United States
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2nd one down is from Finland but I cant tell the denomination. 4th one down I think may be from Belgium. Sorry but that is the best I can do for ya.
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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It's very difficult to identify these coins.
My impression is that the second coin is not from Finland, but a kopek from Russia, with the monogram of Alexander II.
The fourth is certainly not from Belgium (it indeed looks a bit like the zinc coins during German occupation), but must be from a German State 17th or 18th century (I can read MUNZ)
The fifth one is not a coin, but a token.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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1 is a 10 Grani from Malta
4 looks German, possibly Hesse-Darmstadt, is any of the writing readable?
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Valued Member
 United States
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The only readable thing on it is Landmunz if that helps at all
I can read some of the denomination 1 Sturer?
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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I solved the problem of nr.4: it's a 1 stuber from the duchy of Jülich-Berg, struck in 1736 or 1737.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Bart has this one, it would be an Albus were it from Hesse, but I couldn'r make out any of the word Stuber from the picture.
I'm not so positive coin 1 is from Malta either in the daylight!
Coin 3 is again German, but it's too far gone to identify from the picture, probably dates from 1600 to 1750 or so.
Coin 5 is not a coin - but again I can't make the words out properly.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Number 5 "Balayage Extra"
Balayer is French for to sweep
The reverse is hard to discern, but could be two stylised sweeping brushes.
So, some kind of token from a street cleaner?
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Valued Member
United States
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Thank you all for your help, I know these coins are really tough!
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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If you rotate coin 3 180 degrees you can see a seated figure (probably a saint) with a shield in front of it.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Back to Number 5.
Balayage Extra and the brushes on the reverse; it's an advertising token for a brush/broom maker emphasising the extra sweeping power of their products
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 Australia
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Gforce, some of the pics (in this thread and the other one) seem to have been mirror-inverted; that may be adding to the confusion. #1: andyg was right first time - it's a 10 grani from Malta. This is one of the "backwards" pics; I can clearly see a retrograde "17" where the date should be. Here's an example dated 1786. #2: Definitely Russian; there's no crown on the reverse of Finnish coins. If you give us a diameter, we can probably confirm the denomination. (Giving us the dimaeter and, if possible, the weight, always helps narrow down an uncertain identification and helps us avoid wasting time looking at coins tat are too big or too small) #3: I still can't get it. Can we have clearer pics and dimensions, please? 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
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United States
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Number 2 weighs 4.4 grams
and Number 3 is 0.8 grams, I will take some pictures with my microscope right now
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United Kingdom
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Gforce, I've been driving myself mad for months now over what microscope suits our mania best.
Yours seems to be what I'm looking for. Can you please tell me: a) Make and model b) Does it support Vista
And c) What resolution were you using for your pics?
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Posted 04/04/2010 4:55 pm
