Unidentified silver coin (probalby quitly old) - with fotogallery

Hi,

I have a coin (probably made from silver) which I am not able to identify. It is striked on one side only.

Full size image gallery you can find at:

http://www.tuzvo.sk/~matej/coin/

Thanks for you opinions.
Regards,

Jaroslav Matej
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Hi Jaroslav. I can welcome you to the forum, but I'm afraid I can't give you any help on your question. We do have a lot of knowledgeable folks here, so you probably will get an answer.

 

That one has me beat.

First, I doesn't look like silver to me. Second, the lettering used on the item looks far too modern for it's over all appearance. Third, whatever else it may be i'm pretty sure that it isn't a coin.

I can't quite make out whether the legend reads `SERGE: DE: BOIS' or `SERCE: DE: BOIS' (or indeed something else?).

It would perhaps help to know how you came upon it and where?

 

OK. I am not expert in coins. It looks like silver if I scrape it in an edge. Whether it is coin or not I do not know, but it looks like a coin from some wrecked ship. But why it is striked on one side only ... ? Or is it some imitation only ?

J.Matej
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I found it in a small collection of my grandfather, so an ancestry of coin is unknow.

 

Or is it a jetton from wrecked ship ?

 

OMG, Gasp!

 

All I know with any degree of certainty is that it is not a coin.

It may indeed be some type of token but most jetons / tokens have two sides to them. It could be some kind of seal (?) or an advertising token(?) or even a button(?). To be honest, I just don't know and i'd be pushing it to say any more than I have as i'm at the limit of my knowledge on that one. Sorry

Ian

 

If it had been a coin you would have just devalued it by 75-95%!

 

Ufff.... it is not good. I thing now there is not reason to spend time in this thread.

Thanks for your opinions.
MJ
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That looks to me to be a roman or greek coin, it would help if you can tell what the inscription is.

 

As it can be readable: SERCE DE BOIS or SERGE DE BOIS.

http://www.tuzvo.sk/~matej/coin/original/Img0008.JPG

 

Between Babelfish and the Merriam-Webster dictionery it appears that "serge de bois" means a fabric with a particular kind of weave made from wood.

 

well im working hard on this one

what i gather so far is as satoot said

boise is french for wood

i believe also this is correct cause the coin clearly seems to be showing a wood on it.

so so far as ive gathered this coin/token is from france and is the name of a town on it serce /serge being the town

serce de bois

im trying to see if there is a town with that name and this would get it nearer to identifying, though the town is probably long gong from initial searches i need to look for historical towns.

will keep you informed

 

Serce Limani

was an 11th century shipwreck off the coast of france,a lot of coins were brought up from this maybe theres a chance this could be a trading token of some kind ?, which was brought up from the shipwreck


still searching


do you have idea of the metal the coin is made from this may help a bit

 

ok from all i can gather and looking at the coin more i believe it says serge de bois

which is basically a forest

like bills forest

its serge de boise

serge forest ie wooded area


i can find no-where any mention of this woodland so i assume it now dont exist.also because of this name it seems this is not a coin but a token.

so as far as ive got is this
have you got a picture of the other side and any inscription on that this would greatly help identifying too.

 

original post states :

"I have a coin (probably made from silver) which I am not able to identify. It is striked on one side only." ;-)

My first thought when I saw the item was that it was possibly a token issued by someone called Serge de Bois, but the french surname is usually `du' (of the) as opposed to `de' (of).

That is, if it were concerning an individual it would be `Serge du Bois'. So, I don't think it relates to an individuals full name or title, although `Serge' is a common christian name in France.

I then thought that it might be a place name as in `Serge's Wood'. Now if it were, it could relate to some sort of park area in France or some kind of plantation token(?) From where, when and in relation to what.....that's the question. The trees on the item do not look to be native to France, so it could be Caribean or Micronesian (eg Vanuatu or Tahiti)...or anywhere in between.

However, it could also equally be a button from a pair of corduroy trousers. It certainly doesn't look to have been made from silver to me, that's for sure and in terms of it's value.........well, absolutely priceless!! ;-)

Ian

 

Hi I think it is half of a two part cloth seal see http://bagseals.org/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=22810 & http://bagseals.org/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=22813 & http://bagseals.org/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=22518

Paul

 

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