I've never seen a coin like this... what is it?

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by ButterflyRose, Jul 9, 2012.

  1. ButterflyRose

    ButterflyRose New Member

    I'm sure this coin makes sense to somebody, but to me it just looks like a piece of abstract art. :eek: That said, it does make me curious about where (and when) it's from. At this moment, my uneducated guess would be that it's not from Europe... but that's about as much as I'd be willing to bet on....

    Help me understand what I'm looking at, please?
     

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  3. ratio411

    ratio411 Active Member

    It appears to be midevel European to me...
    It's a hammered coin, common before presses were used.
    Looks much in the same style of some low grade silver, hammered coins I have from Europe, around 1400 AD.
     
  4. ratio411

    ratio411 Active Member

    Do you have larger pics?
     
  5. joedas

    joedas Member

    looks to me like a 3 poker from the 1620s
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  6. ratio411

    ratio411 Active Member

    Might not even be a coin...
    Could be a Jeton.
    More of a private token than true coin.
    Hard to tell from a little pic.

    Even if it is a Jeton, it is still very old,
    and very collectible.
     
  7. Ardatirion

    Ardatirion Où est mon poisson

    It is a Western European jeton, circa 1300-1500. You have the obverse and reverse switched; the reverse is a figure in a boat, as on early English gold.

    Compare to this: [​IMG]


    I will try to do some more research later.
     
  8. Ardatirion

    Ardatirion Où est mon poisson

    Your obverse and reverse images are switched; the one on the left is upside down, and the one on the right mostly upside down as well. It is indeed a jeton, of the "ship-penny" type, struck in Nürnberg, circa 1490-1550.
     
  9. Siberian Man

    Siberian Man Senior Member

    Probably, it's a rechenpfennig.
     
  10. Ardatirion

    Ardatirion Où est mon poisson

    Jeton is French for Rechenpfennig, which is probably a more appropriate word for this piece.
     
  11. ffrickey

    ffrickey Junior Member

    Size? Weight?
     
  12. Assur

    Assur Junior Member

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