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Well that’s gonna be hard to match !!!
The closest I got is ….

Ethiopia

 

Somalia

 

Straits Settlements

 

Australia

 

New Guinea
AV 100 Kina 1982
Poor mans Bird of Paradise/ Deutsches Neu Guinea 1895 AV 20 Marks $$$$$$ Of course had the "allies" not raped Germany of her colonial possessions, maybe more would have been struck.

 

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Japan
1900 10 Yen

 

China

 

Russia
Ducat 1849
Yes, a Russian Ducat

Mint: St. Petersburg
Mintage: Unknown
References: KM #83.1 (Netherlands) / Fr. 161
Grade: PF 64 Cameo
Specifications: Diameter – 21.0 mm
Weight – 3.5100 g. @ 0.9860 Gold = .1113 oz AGW
Acquired: Ponterio 2010 N.Y.I.N.C. Auction – Lot #7357 – January 2010
Providence: None
Notes:

• "1849" dated ducats were struck at St. Petersburg mint from 1849-1868. 4,350,190 per St. Petersburg mint records. Seems like a lot yet you do not see a lot of these on the market!! A common coin in its day, remember that the ducat was the best known gold trade coin in its day and the Russian Armies and Imperial family traveled extensively through all of Europe and central Asia; therefore it was commonly melted to produce other gold coins, jewelry, etc. of the other countries??
• As to whether or not this is a real proof strike coin vs. a proof-like commercial strike coin ... I posed the question to Mr. Rick Ponterio (Formerly owner of Ponterio & Associates & now with Bowers and Merena Auctions and a noted world coin expert) himself, asking him to review the coin in-hand and give me his opinion .... his email answer "In my opinion, this coin is a proof, and not a prooflike business strike. NGC has properly designated it as a proof."
• Now for a proof 1849 St. Petersburg ducat. Do they exist? .... Obviously based on this specimen they do, but they have to be rare ... Could it have been a special proof presentation coin for the State Treasury or purse of the Russian Imperial family of Nicholas I or Alexander III ???
• In all my extensive reference materials (both book and internet) I can find no record of any "proof" ducat pre 1900 (Dutch or Russian). This is

 

Dehli Sultanate
AV Tanka ND
Hadrat Dehli
Firuz III bin Tughluq 1351-88

 

Slightly out of sync by a minute @panzerman
India does not border Russia

 

Lol

 

I know, I had followed your coin from China, "silvereagle" somehow topedoed me with his dandy Russian 1849 Dukat

 

POland

 

GB
Queen Anne was the first Queen of Great Britain

 

You might be able to sell that as an Error slab

 

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