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rec78rec78 Posts: 5,753 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Can anyone id this coin for me? I think the date is 1698 or 1598. The pics are rather large. The coin is bigger than a quarter but smaller than a half dollar. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Bob

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  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,111 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I see some clues, Fredericus and Saxonie, indicate German states. I'll bet the Google shall tell you more. Peace Roy

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  • TitusFlaviusTitusFlavius Posts: 321 ✭✭✭

    German states aren't my specialty, but Saxony would be a good place to start. I think the date is 1498, using a script peculiar to early AD dated coins.

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  • Top50SetBuilderTop50SetBuilder Posts: 951 ✭✭✭

    1498 Sachsen-Ernestinische Groschen. Looks clipped as the legends are not full.

  • rec78rec78 Posts: 5,753 ✭✭✭✭✭

    1498 Wow! Oldest coin that I ever seen with a date. Thanks for the info. I don't think it was clipped. Coins were hammered back in 1498 I believe. That is the was they come sometimes. A lot of coins from back then appear this way.

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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,333 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here’s one with full legends. Not mine.

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  • rec78rec78 Posts: 5,753 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks Andy! Then it may have been shaved down. I don't know. I do not know what size it should be. This coin is between quarter and half dollar size. It is in a 2x2 made for a half dollar. Do you know how much it should weigh? Either way I did not pay much for it.

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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,333 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Should be about 4.3 grams according to Levinson. And he estimates less than 10 known, so a really good find.

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

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  • rec78rec78 Posts: 5,753 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 21, 2020 1:02AM

    OMG!! Thanks much for researching it!! I had this laying around for years. It weighs 3.65 grams, but the accuracy of my cheap Chinese scale could be off. Do you think I should send it in to PCGS? Will they grade and authenticate this coin?

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  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,051 ✭✭✭✭✭

    WTG @rec78
    Can you remember how you came by it

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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,333 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @rec78 said:
    OMG!! Thanks much for researching it!! I had this laying around for years. It weighs 3.65 grams, but the accuracy of my cheap Chinese scale could be off. Do you think I should send it in to PCGS? Will they grade and authenticate this coin?

    PM sent

    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
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  • TiborTibor Posts: 3,623 ✭✭✭✭✭

    PM sent as well.

  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The sharks are circling! >:)

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