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L'an 5 (1796) Strasbourg 5 centimes... but not really

WorldCoinsDmitryWorldCoinsDmitry Posts: 367 ✭✭✭
edited August 16, 2018 9:13PM in World & Ancient Coins Forum

Originally thought it may have been a currency counterfeit from photos, but in hand I believe it's a 19th century novelty replica. It's silver gilded and too small at 26mm and ~6.95 grams compared to reference 28mm and 10g. The edge also has a faint seam and what appears to be remnants of a casting sprue. Does something like this go into the "black cabinet" or the gray one? :)

Edit: Forgot to mention that it's medal alignment instead of normal coin aligment.



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