Can anyone help....I have had this coin forever and have not been able to identify what it is. Can anyone shed some light???
Howdy backwoods guy - Welcome to the Forum !! I can only assume you having some problems trying to post a pic of your coin. Use the Manage Attachments below the window where you type your post. It's rather easy to use.
Yeah it seems like it would be...but doesn't pull the jpg and attach. Tried twice with no luck. Third try a Winner??
After you use Browse and find the file on your computer - click on Add This File. It will take a minute for the file to upload to the CoinTalk server. But when it does - it will be visible in a new line of the Attachment window. Then you must click on All Done. Once you do that - click on Submit Reply at the bottom of the posting window. Do not click on the Preview Reply button as this will erase your attachment. Give that a try.
You must wait for the file name to appear or it will not work. Most folks forget that upload speeds are much slower than download speeds. Give it time and it will work
You pic may be in the wrong file type - or it may be too big. Email the pic to me and I'll post it for you gdjmsp@qwest.net
There - now that that's done - both of the pic files were too large and one of them was Read Only. Both stopped them from being uploaded. As to what it is - I think it is a French jetton, not really a coin. One of other members knows a whole lot more about them than me. Hey Ian - you out there ??
Hi, That one is too far gone for me and my image `fixer' to manage to read the legends. It's definitely not French though, but it does look to me to be a jeton rather than a coin and either German or Austrian from the mid 1600's - very early 1700's judging by the bust style. On the obverse, the legend (bottom left) commences Max (imillian?) and then goes on to provide the titles vital to it's attribution (but which i can't read). Without these it is difficult to determine it's area of intended `use'. I suspect Bavaria in Germany however. I couldn't even guesstimate a value, but in that condition....not much other than as a conversation starter. Ian
Thanks Ian! I believe you are close to the mark. I recovered this coin in Stuttgart Germany in the 60's. Found it in a field near an army base. supposedly an area that had been filled with war rubble. Not familiar with "JETON" so will have to look that up. How can i find out if any others are known to exist? OK now familiar with Jeton....is there any significance to the bust facing to the left rather then right as all I have seen are?
Hi, Have a look at the `World Coins and Ancients' forum here on cointalk under the thread `Coin ID please'. In response to another query on jetons you might find some useful information there. September's edition of `The Numismatist', the American Numismatic Associations monthly magazine, carried a short article on early jetons (gives a very broad outline of what they were etc). Well worth a read if you can get hold of a copy. The available literature on these items tends to be very expensive basically because it is a niche `cotllectiable' market (not many collectors). Your best bet is a good reference library and look for volume 1 of Michael Mitchiner's `Jetons, Medalets & Tokens - The Mediaeval period and Nuremberg' Published in 1988 by Hawkins Publications. At a cost of roughly $145, it is an expensive book to buy just to find out about one jeton. I do not have that particular book either (a situation I hope to resolve in the very near future, so if you care to check in again in a couple of weeks I might be able to help a little further ;-). Ian
