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Finally got my first silver of the year!!

loditomloditom Posts: 684
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Hit the lot again today,had a little fun as I took my 7 yr old out and planted a couple of coin's for her.She got a WLH and a V nickel,which she was excited about.
Know I got exited when I finally popped out my first silver of the year!!
Thought it was a barber at first,till I noticed that it had a pony tail
imageWell got home and did a little search on it and found out it is a Napolian 1850A 50 centimos,this is my first non U.S. silverimage

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Then later I got this old bullet,gold plated charm and a glass button.

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Thank's for looking and HH,Tom
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Comments

  • ZotZot Posts: 825 ✭✭✭
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    Old French silver!! What a great find!!

    If of interest, here's a site with an overview of some French coin types. Your coin would be KM#769.
    At the top of the page is a link to a (rough) price guide by KM# and condition (don't know how accurate it is though.. image ) and actual silver weight (ASW) in ounces.

    How did it look coming out of the ground? (It looks quite shiny right now - I might retone it a bit myself to give it a more 'circulated' look)
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  • CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,042 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • CROCKofCOINSCROCKofCOINS Posts: 1,545 ✭
    image Nice coin LT.

    I bet you fine more at that site. image

    Jerry

    CROCK of COINS
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  • HKnJHKnJ Posts: 415
    Nice work, Tom. I have never seen one of those before.
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  • RiccarRiccar Posts: 789
    Nice Tom image
    After checking out the link Zot posted, I could almost see the date of the coin in your pic...
    (below "CENT" on reverse)

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  • joefrojoefro Posts: 1,872 ✭✭
    1851 or 1857?

    Awesome find! That could be a sign of a great year to come!!
    Lincoln Cent & Libertad Collector
  • DUBBADUBBA Posts: 935
    cool!
    "see ya at the beach"
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  • SilverDreamsSilverDreams Posts: 427 ✭✭
    Nice find!
    I lust for silver.
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  • goldrush00013goldrush00013 Posts: 2,478 ✭
    Nice work Tom!!
    Analog Rules! Knobs and Switches are cool!
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  • phutphut Posts: 1,087 ✭
    Sweet find Tomimageimage
  • loditomloditom Posts: 684
    Thank's for the replie's and Zot thank's for that link.Actually the coin doesen't look that shiny,it was from the flash of my camera that made it look that way.The only thing I did cleaning wise was run it under the faucet for a little bit.

    Know the what I thought was a charm,turned out to be a Chinese button from the 1850's-1860's,cool!!HH,Tom
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