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coin? charm? I have no idea. Round the edge says(from what I can see): gal lod ill rex A A 1859 hvng boh lomb et ven 1/4 Fl I think its Austrian? Same image and writing on both sides.  Sorry - best picture I could get. Any help detecting what it is would be helpful! Thanks Identified - moved to Medals forum - Sap |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's a cast novelty medallion in the style of a silver 1/4 florin from Austria.
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New Member
 United Kingdom
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How old would you say it is? and is it junk?
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It looks to be from around the same period as the actual coins, since items like this are typically based on the current circulating coinage. As for being junk, that depends on what you mean by junk. It's probably worth a couple of dollars to someone as a curious item, but that would be about it. It's a limited market for stuff like this, and the ones that sell well are done in a higher quality and/or made of silver.
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02/08/2011 2:18 pm
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New Member
United Kingdom
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I just thought junk - as a fake worthless piece! so would you say items like this are common? Thank you for your help though!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Oh yes, they are pretty common types of items. This is especially true when speaking of medals. You may have a handful of official, high quality medals for a particular event, but hundreds of more crude privately made pieces which the "common" people could afford. Not as common with such items being designed after coins though.
It would not really be a fake, since it's not trying to fool anyone into accepting it as a genuine coin. Just an antique novelty piece.
Thanks!
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02/08/2011 3:25 pm
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New Member
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HELLO , I'm french, I have the same coin or medal but I haven't all understand in your discussion, please explain me what is this coin and in easy words, please, thanks.
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I found this a couple months ago and I don't know if its a fake or just something else this in the closest form I found to mine can you help me  |
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Posted 02/08/2011 2:08 pm
