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Gramps3Gramps3 Posts: 25
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This is an old silver coin about the size of a U.S. Nickel but thinner. Possibly German States or Italy? Has a lot of wear so it will be difficult to identify. Any ideas?

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  • tbirde56tbirde56 Posts: 2,161
    Pictures aren't working.
    Is there a date or denomination on the coin?
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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,586 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    CU #3245 B.N.A. #428


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  • farthingfarthing Posts: 3,294 ✭✭✭
    ajaan - you might have been quicker, but I posted both pictures before you did image
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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,586 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Too slow David.



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    CU #3245 B.N.A. #428


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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,586 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That is true.

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    CU #3245 B.N.A. #428


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  • tbirde56tbirde56 Posts: 2,161
    I'm still not seeing them. image
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  • Gramps3Gramps3 Posts: 25
    There is nothing that I can read on the coin.
  • Gramps3Gramps3 Posts: 25
    Don
    What does CU# 3245 B.N.A #428 mean?
  • tbirde56tbirde56 Posts: 2,161
    Now they're there.
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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,586 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Don
    What does CU# 3245 B.N.A #428 mean >>



    I am member # 3245 of the CU boards, and member #428 of the Buffalo Numismatic Association.

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    CU #3245 B.N.A. #428


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  • SapyxSapyx Posts: 2,357 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>There is nothing that I can read on the coin. >>


    On the cross-side, I can read "CIVI" in one quadrant, and "TAS" in the next - "CIVITAS", city of... the first letter in the third quadrant looks like a "9" or backwards "E", not sure if that's a "G" or a "Q" or something else. The rest of other two quadrants are too worn or blurry to read the actual name of the city. The use of the long cross, with diamonds or other shapes in the quarters rather than 3 pellets, indicates this was inspired by, but not directly in imitation of, English long cross pennies, late 1200's to 1400's.

    On the other side, the central figure appears to be a dragon or griffin-like creature. I can see paws, and apparently wings... but I can't really see a head, unless it's the thing that looks like the mask from Scary Movie. Nor can I make out more than the occasional letter. The inscription reads to me "JI?EII (that might be "JHEN")??OMOB???". I'm only really confident about the "E" and the "O"s.

    The coin does appear to have been bent in half and then flattened again, and more than once. This was a common fate for these thin silver mediaeval pennies. This may be distorting the shape of the central figure and lettering.

    Unless there's blobs of dirt stuck there which can be cleaned off, or sharper pics obtained, I don't think this one can be pinned down.
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  • DCHDCH Posts: 332
    Look at Mecklenburg-Rostock, this is one of many different varieties at coinarchives.

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