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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 7437110, member: 102103&quot;]This one was driving me nuts.&nbsp; I can make out some of the text, but on photos it was almost unreadable.&nbsp; I took a photo at an oblique angle to show the contrast.</p><p>Copper or billon, 18 mm, 0.98 g</p><p>Ob:&nbsp; Crowned shield with faded initials on both sides near top</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; 1/4 Kreuzer, 1816 (I thought it was 1810 at first, but the 6 extends up)</p><p>There were similar coins from Nassau and Baden.</p><p>I think it is <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces81068.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces81068.html" rel="nofollow">Hessen-Darmstadt, 1/4 Kreuzer, 1816, Ludwig I</a> (copper)</p><p>The initials on the obverse are G.H&nbsp; S.M., apparently.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1290653[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1290654[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1290655[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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