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I Found This Coin And Am Trying To Identify It. Than You!

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 Posted 05/06/2011  6:15 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Tylerlivingstone to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Here are the pictures of the coin. Does anyone know where it's from?

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 Posted 05/06/2011  7:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DCH to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Guessing it's a lead seal.

Weight and diameter?
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 Posted 05/06/2011  10:06 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add bmanofnbc to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
where is Sap when we need him?
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 Posted 05/07/2011  01:04 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add hermanwilliams to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks interesting. Where did you find it?
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 Posted 05/08/2011  01:48 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Tylerlivingstone to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The diameter is about 46mm and I'm not sure of the weight. I found it in the tide-pools in southern California. Does anyone think it has any worth?
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 Posted 05/08/2011  02:23 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add harrison2 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That it looks like both sides are the same pattern and the edge shows signs that it is two pieces sandwiched together. Interesting.

46mm is awfully big for what I think of when I think of a typical lead seal. That's even bigger than an Eisenhower!

Tyler, for it's size, does it feel real heavy in hand, like "lead" or light in hand, like "aluminum"?
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 Posted 05/08/2011  03:44 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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where is Sap when we need him?

I saw it when it was first posted, but didn't reply because I have no idea what it is. It certainly isn't a coin. It appears to be very crudely imitating a Spanish coat of arms, like the one on this coin.

If this speculation is correct, then it's beach-location probably indicates it's a replica "pirate coin", probably buried in some kind of treasure hunt and never found.
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 Posted 05/09/2011  2:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Tylerlivingstone to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It feels light. There is stone in the center and it's covered with metal, probably aluminum. At first I did think it was some kind of fake, but thought I'd look into it. Thanks guys for your replies!
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 Posted 05/11/2011  3:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CarlTromp to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It could be a lead or lead/zink seal that was used to secure something, in the past this type of seals where used on trade goods so the receiver was shure the package (or bunch of paperwork) was not openend by unautorised folks.
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