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Valued Member
United States
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I've had these coins for a while and have been unable to identify them. The first one on the left may be a cob coin from the 1600s, the second from 1755 is one of them Spanish milled coins but I do not know where it was minted as I do not know what the letters stand for. What country should I put on the holder for where it is from? The third is a Chinese cash coin from I'm guessing the late 1700s-early 1800s but I can't be sure from my books, the fourth has M. Theres on it and might say 1785 but didnt she die in 1780? The last coin is from Hungary and features who I believe to be Jesus and Mary and may be some kind of token on it and has the date of what I believe to be the 1760s. Please help me if you can as I've had the Spanish coin for four years and haven't been able to properly identify it. Oh and to give you a perspective of size the cash coin is just a tiny bit smaller than a quarter. http://www.geocities.com/cracklingc.../Obverse.jpghttp://www.geocities.com/cracklingc.../Reverse.jpg |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You may have to wait until Susan returns from her trip to get some id on these coins. She is our resident Krause woman. Welcome to the forum. Sorry I could not be of help to you. My knowledge lies within the borders.
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Valued Member
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That's quite okay. I've got two Krause books but they only go back to the 1770's.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That is why I stick with the U.S. coins. Makes research so much easier. Granted most don't have the appeal or the great designs and history, but they are easy. I have been reading up on the hammered coins. Those fascinate me. Maybe one day I will know how to tell them apart.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Well I'm in too deep with foreign coins to stop now. :)
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Forum Mom
 United States
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I have the 1600's and 1700's Krause books coming in next week and also The Practical Book of Cobs by Dan Sedwick on its way. If you can wait until I get those, I'm sure I can help you out.
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Valued Member
United States
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I posted on the coin talk forums as well and got some good responses. The Chinese coin has been identified as being from the early 1800s, the Hungarian coin has been identified by two people as being a 1 Denar coin dated 1769 but we aren't fully sure of the date, the Austrian coin has been identified by them as being a 1 pfennig coin of 1765, the 1 reale coin has been identified as being minted in Lima, Peru and the far left one has been identified as being a 8 maravedis struck in Spain 1602 - 1620 KM #15.7 but it's not 100% on that but I am fairly confident about it. Perhaps we can fully find out from your book once you get it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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nos
welcome.
On a different note, are you a car enthusiast, a scientist, or does nos mean something unrelated to nitrous oxide, nitric oxide, or nitric oxide synthetase?
I work on N2O.
Don
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Rest in Peace
United States
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SFDukie, Maybe NOS is related to cars, but not Nitrous Oxide. Maybe it means "New Original Stock" used in car restoration. Lets send him to the what your nickname means thread and see if we can shake it out of him!!!!
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Valued Member
United States
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Well not quite SF and Mike. hehe Nos actually comes from nos_neh which means Henson when reversed and that was the name of my 4th grade teacher of whom I despised but I thought it would be unique so I went with it.
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Forum Mom
United States
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I was close. I noticed that it spelled Henson but thought that was your last name. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Even when I use nos_neh only a few people have ever guessed what it means so that is quite impressive. :)
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Forum Mom
United States
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I've always liked word games. Just one of those things...yet another useless skill that doesn't exactly stand out on a resume |
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Posted 04/01/2005 9:51 pm
