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Any clue what these are?

stainlessstainless Posts: 435 ✭
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Any idea what they are and there value?:





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Some kind of Bracteate;



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Peru?:





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Any info?
thanks
stainless

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  • CoinKingCoinKing Posts: 410 ✭
    I believe the silver piece is Peruvian and refers to the restoration of the Constitution in 1839 by Augustin Gamarra.
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,887 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That third piece, the silver medal, is wonderful.

    The obverse inscription LA LEY RESTAURADA POR EL VALOR DEL EJERCITO UNIDO EN ... would mean something along the lines of: "the law restored by the valor of the united army in..." (whatever that last word is).

    The reverse inscription... hmm...

    LOS EMPLEADOS means "the employees" in today's Spanish, but I suppose the word can also have a broader, if similar, meaning in other contexts. ("Those who were employed in". Maybe "veterans", in this context? Something like that?)

    "The employees (members? veterans?) of (something- whatever that softly-struck part says) at the restoration of their country (SU PATRIA)".

    "GRAN MARISCAL GAMARRA" is almost certainly a reference to Agustín Gamarra, who had the military title of "Gran Mariscal". (Maybe that means "Grand Marshal"?)

    So it looks like your Peru guess is pretty close to the mark. I really like that piece. Beautiful, and fascinating, too.

    Edit- wow. I was beaten to the draw by some CU top brass. Cool.

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  • BBQnBLUESBBQnBLUES Posts: 1,803 ✭


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  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The top squarish piece appears to be an early 19th century Hindu temple token.
    Tir nam beann, nan gleann, s'nan gaisgeach ~ Saorstat Albanaich a nis!
  • coachleonardcoachleonard Posts: 995 ✭
    actually i'm curious about the bracteate piece myself, as i have seen these turn up from time to time in british metal detecting
    lots, and I am not sure what they are. I have a couple such pieces -- on mine I can't make out the design, but they are
    bracteate-like (design bleeding through to other side). I am at a loss as to whether these served as tokens, or some kind
    of seal perhaps ???? Also I wonder what period these were produced, though this lion design one of your looks to be
    1600s-1700s as the lion design is similar to that on spanish and dutch coins of the 1500s-1700s
  • spoonspoon Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭
    Bohemia and Brunswick both had brakteats with a lion like that.

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