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An Incredible Unidentified Coin Machine Find?

SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Yesterday I went to my credit union to deposit the CRH dimes that produced no silver, as customary I checked the reject slot - nothing. Then the trash can next to the machine, sifting through the styrofoam coffee cups, plastic bags and jars to find what coins got trashed - yes I have found silver dimes, wheat cents and even a Liberty nickel in the trash can before.

I fished out something a bit larger than a half dollar and half again thicker - bronze and appearing to be ancient:

This appears to have a Roman emperor on the front - the reverse has wheat sheaves and the legend "Carallo" the last character is actually a Greek theta and the L's are lambdas. This suggest this may have been an issue for Asia Minor.

Any ideas?

Tir nam beann, nan gleann, s'nan gaisgeach ~ Saorstat Albanaich a nis!

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  • Moxie15Moxie15 Posts: 318 ✭✭✭

    interesting term on a coin. I have seen Carallo used to mean something along the line of looking or being like a male sexual organ.
    but I know nothing

  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 14, 2019 9:53AM

    I love the thrill of searching... just not that much.

    Nice find! Enjoy your new medal ... you earned it. :)

  • SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,528 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congratulations!

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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 14, 2019 10:01AM

    Do all 3 say Camaro on them or does the last have IROC-Z on the reverse? :*

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  • BillDugan1959BillDugan1959 Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Well, I honestly looked at a short listing of Celtic coins. My only Book on that is incomplete, but probably not.

  • toyz4geotoyz4geo Posts: 1,484 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Above and beyond!

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  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,289 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Picking thru the garbage can shows real initiative. Nice find. Peace Roy

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  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,289 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Reminds me that I was just doing a local flea market and stopped at a vendor table as a woman plopped a big rusty tin filled with filthy coins. I dove right in, finger tips turning rusty red and I rescued 2 dozen red and blue OPA tokens and 3 dozen galvanized fiber, plastic and aluminum sales tax tokens.....for a buck. I was jazzed.

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  • JBKJBK Posts: 16,519 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I thought I was the only one who perused the trash can next to the coin machine. :D

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,939 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Suggest you try the World and Ancient Coins Forum. Someone over there may be able to help. Looks like an ancient coin of some kind but that's only a guess on my part.

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  • TitusFlaviusTitusFlavius Posts: 321 ✭✭✭

    Interesting. Is the "broken" area running from about 5 to 8 o'clock on the wheat ear side the same on all three coins?

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  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Note, this is one piece, I just imaged the third image in the centre to show the lettering.

    Tir nam beann, nan gleann, s'nan gaisgeach ~ Saorstat Albanaich a nis!
  • TitusFlaviusTitusFlavius Posts: 321 ✭✭✭

    Ah, I see now. Never mind. lol

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  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,556 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Probably either Celtic or Roman.

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  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Let's all "seed" a trash can this week. :)

  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @btcollects said:
    Those look like ases or fractions from Carmo, Spain. They kinda look counterfeit, but they might be real, just uncleaned ground finds.

    Then I looked that up and voila that is what it appears to be.

    Tir nam beann, nan gleann, s'nan gaisgeach ~ Saorstat Albanaich a nis!

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