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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1384187, member: 15445&quot;]My friend has these four “coin like pieces” which are delightful to look at but we have no clue what they are.&nbsp; We don’t even have a ticket on the clue bus.&nbsp; Do any of you guys recognize them?</p><p><br /></p><p>All four pieces are in plastic presentation boxes.&nbsp; The boxes are the same design which we have previously seen used to hold crown sized coins from places like Gibraltar and the Isle of Man.&nbsp; I suppose that they are just generic plastic boxes of the era.&nbsp; We were speculating that perhaps these four pieces were souvenirs of a financial meeting or Christian meeting in Europe that may have been held in the 1979 timeframe.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>We translated some of the mottos and found references to “knowledge is wealth” and the resurrection of Christ.&nbsp; The countries represented appear to be France, Austria, Holy Roman Empire, Germany or something along those lines.&nbsp; I found the Europe piece at this Website depicting coins, tokens, medals, and fake money:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.jezuss.nl/europa.htm#1979" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.jezuss.nl/europa.htm#1979" rel="nofollow">http://www.jezuss.nl/europa.htm#1979</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It is described as:</p><p>Inscription&nbsp; : DIVITIAS HABET EUROPE 1979</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; X + DOCTUS IN SE SEMPER</p><p>Diameter&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; : 29.2 mm</p><p>Edge&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; : Plain</p><p>Material&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; : Copper</p><p>Orientation&nbsp; : Medal Alignment</p><p>Weight&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; : 8.6 gram</p><p>Year&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; : 1979</p><p>Homo doctus in se semper divitias habet : </p><p>A learned man always has wealth within himself. </p><p><br /></p><p>I’m beginning to think that these four pieces are just high quality toys made in 1979.&nbsp; Comments anyone?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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