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Henry8362 New Member United Kingdom 3 Posts	Posted 08/23/2011 3:48 pm Hi there, completely new here to anything coin related anyway I was hoping if you guys could help me establish a date or rough era on these 2 coins I have? firstly they where found in my nans garden in south east anglia, other than that I know nothing about them if you have any idea on a value or any info I will be grateful here are pictures: (will keep editing and uploading) Edited by Henry8362 08/23/2011 4:06 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16871 Posts	Posted 08/23/2011 6:00 pm Hello and welcome to the forum Your two "coins" aren't really coins. They're jetons, made in Nuremberg, Germany but found all over Europe and especially in Britain. The UK Detector Finds Database website has a page on Nuremberg jetons, what they were used for and the different types that can be found. Your top coin is one of the "Orb" types, while the bottom one is a "ship penny". 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 Report this Post to the Staff
Henry8362 New Member United Kingdom 3 Posts	Posted 08/23/2011 7:02 pm Wow, thank you very much! is it possible that the first one is made of gold? it has more wieght than the other one, is there any form of test I could do? it would be cool to have a rare one although from what I can gather it's quite a common design so I'm skeptical. Anyway thanks for the help and for the welcome . I have some old coins that i'll put on soon, thanks again Edited by Henry8362 08/23/2011 7:45 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16871 Posts	Posted 08/23/2011 10:58 pm Quote: is it possible that the first one is made of gold? No. That coin is quite corroded from being buried underground for a few hundred years. Gold doesn't corrode like that. It's heavier only because it's thicker. Sorry. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
Henry8362 New Member United Kingdom 3 Posts	Posted 08/24/2011 06:17 am Ahhh yes of course,thank you very much for all the help i'd have been lost forever as I was still searching for coins :L although I did get the region of the date correct so my Archaeology A level isn't completely wasted hahaha, And looking on around the internet at that specific type of jeton (the gold coloured one) is they're any reason it's thicker? all the other ones I've seen of that type are consistently as thin as the latter jeton I have posted, regardless they're still very awesome :) Report this Post to the Staff
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