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Foreign Silver Planchet - Identifiable?

candy2012mustangcandy2012mustang Posts: 479 ✭
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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(?)

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  • TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,950 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No idea. What does the edge look like?
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,011 ✭✭✭✭✭
    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. image

    (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?)

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  • candy2012mustangcandy2012mustang Posts: 479 ✭
    The edge is flat

    -Kev
  • olmanjonolmanjon Posts: 1,187 ✭
    Looks to me like it came off a belt buckle and something else was pressed into the rimed side. ???
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  • mnemtsas2mnemtsas2 Posts: 745 ✭✭✭
    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?
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,011 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <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.

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  • DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
    My gut reaction was that it was to put a picture or ad in, like a locket.
    Becky
  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,662 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just out of curiosity, how would such a rim be produced?
    Andy Lustig

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  • olmanjonolmanjon Posts: 1,187 ✭
    one die would be flat-the other die would be smaller with shoulders which would produce the rim.
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  • WorldTypeSetWorldTypeSet Posts: 1,357 ✭✭✭✭
    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.
    Paul

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