I found this in one of those 1 pound bags

Weg

There's a date of 1748 on it. Does anyone recognize it?





The picture with the goldish color is closer to its real color.

cladking

Danish I believe.

If it's what I think it is then it's fairly common even in nice shape.

harasha

Without checking my Krause, it appears to be Swedish, with the crossed arrows and the triple crown. Note the reverse on one of my favorites, a Swedish ore from 1669:

Weg

Wow, that's one I'll remember, I really like the design.
Now that I've seen one in better shape, I'll have to keep an eye out for one.
Did the triple crowns signify anything particular?

Omega

Three golden crowns on a blue field is the small coat of arms of Sweden. Both the crowns, and the fact that there are three of them, have led to much speculation and some quite fanciful interpretations of the significance of the arms.

Scheffer [sch63, pp 236-244], mentions three such myths (or hypothesises), all of them attempting to explain why there are three crowns in the arms.

1. The crowns represent the three crowned gods of the Uppsala, the seat of a holy place, before the introduction of Christianity.
2. The crowns represent the three areas of Uppland (the area around Uppsala) that had the right to participate in the election of the king.
3. The three crowns represent the Three Wise Men (or Holy Kings).

The crossed arrows are common. They are on the Province of Dalarna's coat of arms in Sweden. It just happens to be the province my family is from. I was surprised to see the crossed arrows when I first started coin collecting and now I search them out.

Weg

Omega, it would be nice to have a connection such as yours which goes along with something you collect. I'd have more appreciation for it.
I'm from the US, but collecting US coins and notes is just not the same. I'd like something with closer ties, as yours.

Omega

Actually, I started out by trying to collect a coin from the country and the year that my ancestor emigrated and a silver dollar or half from the U.S. the year of their arrival. Kind of a blend of my love of genealogy and coins. It was a very meaningful collection to work on. (and still is!) I am third generation Swedish American and recently had the opportunity to visit Dalarna. What a great trip!