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Questionable european coins: Part II

Its time for random european coins again, with theese being given to me on easter from a friend.The coins, in order, are as follows:No. 1: a french copper coin with gold plating. Its from louis XV, but i have no idea about it as all i had found was from a french website.No. 2: a odd looking coin that was common ti get with the grab bags i got. I have no idea where they come from, and are the same in both sides.No. 3: im guessing some early colonial coin from somewhere? Other side comepletely worn away.No. 4: some odd pin with king George on it. No other real info othernthen it has a reeded edge, for some reason.Hope y'all can help me out on theese coins. Many thanks, Andrew.

2 years ago

those are cool-looking coins. but i dont have any information about them.

2 years ago

I don't have any information for you, but you sure have a nice collection there!   ; )

2 years ago

I believe that the coin with the 3i on it is a Apothecary Weight. Here is a listing on numistma: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia166840.html . Hope that helps. 

2 years ago

@The Silver Half Dollar
I believe that the coin with the 3i on it is a Apothecary Weight. Here is a listing on numistma: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia166840.html . Hope that helps.  Yup, thats the coin alright. Thanks.

2 years ago

No 2 is most likely Roman, based on the text, and could most likely have been from an empire state. Macedonia? Now number three is quite interesting as it's not a coin. Rather an early 20th century apothecary. What's that, you ask? The simple answer would be a scale weight used commonly in the drugist business, powders and such. Even more surprising, the H.T. PHILA means that it came from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The last one is a bit too worn for me to say with any accuracy, but hope that shed some light. Thanks for sharing!

2 years ago

No. 1 is a French copper coin. Not a roman one. The way they made coins back then basically ceased the possiblilty of round coins.

2 years ago
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