Foreign Silver Planchet - Identifiable?

candy2012mustang

HI Guys-

I just bought this foreign silver planchet out of the melt bin today, I wonder if it is identifiable. It appears to be almost the same size and weight as a German Gulden
(mid 800s). Any thoughts?

Specs-
29mm diameter
2mm thick
12.75g
~.800 silver(?)

TwoKopeiki

No idea. What does the edge look like?

lordmarcovan

That's gonna be a tough one to nail down, since there are so many possibilities in just coins, without considering medals too.



<< <i> It appears to be almost the same size and weight as a German Gulden
(mid 800s). Any thoughts? >>



I think any German coin from the mid 800s would be pretty small and thin and hand-hammered.

(Yeah, I know. You meant mid-1800s. Haha. Still, I dunno how you'd be able to pin this one down convincingly, particularly as you don't know the fineness of the silver, do you?)

candy2012mustang

The edge is flat

-Kev

olmanjon

Looks to me like it came off a belt buckle and something else was pressed into the rimed side. ???

mnemtsas2

Given that the rim is only on one side I am going to suggest it's not even a coin blank. Rims on coin blanks are usually put in place by an offset roller press and this results in a rim on both sides of the coin. Perhaps your blank is a struck silver blank for a small medal that is waiting to be engraved?

lordmarcovan

<< <i>Perhaps your blank is a struck silver blank for a small medal that is waiting to be engraved? >>

That's my gut instinct on the matter.

DorkGirl

My gut reaction was that it was to put a picture or ad in, like a locket.

MrEureka

Just out of curiosity, how would such a rim be produced?

olmanjon

one die would be flat-the other die would be smaller with shoulders which would produce the rim.
Olmanjon

PBRat

Given that the rim is only on one side I am going to suggest it's not even a coin blank. Rims on coin blanks are usually put in place by an offset roller press and this results in a rim on both sides of the coin.

That was my first thought.