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Portugal
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Thsi is a coin , medal or token from England or British Empire and has about 40mm made of copper and on the anverse has the british coat of arms (i think) with a lion on the left side and a horse on the right side .Reverse show´s a bay with some boats like guarding the bay or attacking it.I hope you can help me with this one because I really dont know much about it beside´s what it shows.Thank you.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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... a horse on the right side It's supposed to be a unicorn. But that's OK, mortal humans cannot see a horn and should not recognize a unicorn. It doesn't look like a coin. Could be a medal of some sort celebrating British naval dominance in the past. Or an older version of the Jersey image:  |
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Valued Member
 Portugal
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Thank you svslav for your comment , it could be a medal but still if somebody has something to had please fill free to do.Thank you all.
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Valued Member
Portugal
130 Posts |
Nobody can tell me nothing more about this one hein?I know it+s a tough one , i´ve had it for some time and I could never find anything about it.I´ll just have to keep on trying.Thank you guys for your help.
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Turkey
870 Posts |
I suspect it could be a coin/medal from East India Company of Britain. I saw very similar designs in East India Company's copper coins, though, none were that big. Could be a version of those Annas coins perhaps. If that so, it must be dated early 1800's such as 1820-1839, perhaps, perhaps.
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United States
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I'm thinking an Admiral Vernon medal. After he captured Portobello he became quite the popular hero and MANY medals were issued in his honor both publicly and privately. Over 270 of them are known and the reverse of many of them are very similar to this piece. You can get an idea of what I mean at this site http://www.coins-of-panama.com/vernon.html that shows a lot of them. All of the ones shown there though have an image of the Admiral on them, but contrary to what the site says it does not list all of the medals. |
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Philippines
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at 40mm, that's a big copper medal,
yes - It's a unicorn with a Lion holding up a unique crown with only one dot, with what looks like a hunting dog over the crown? that should place it in the year range 1700-1800
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Canada
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I would concentrate on the crest for identification- It is not a British crest- I see a knight on a horse, like the Russian coin designs of St George, and the shield is divided into many smaller portions. Are the designs on the other side little boats, with men on them? Definitely a medal, agreed with the time period, but don't know what it was issued for.
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United Kingdom
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The oval shaped centre of the coat of arms definately places it in the 18th century. A number of pieces of varying quality and type were issued to commemorate the battle of Vigo Bay in 1702, a major Naval victory for Britain and their Dutch allies against the Spanish and French. Although the worn condition of the meal makes it hard to ID fully, It could well be a Vigo Bay piece.
www.kingstoncoincompany.co.uk
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