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<p>[QUOTE="DEA, post: 7808154, member: 90140"]Neat find! All conjecture . . . .</p><p><br /></p><p>It looks like this is your coin - <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces100310.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces100310.html" rel="nofollow">https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces100310.html</a> - a Norwegian coin. Christian VII - king of Denmark, Norway, Vandals and Goths! These coins were minted from 1795 to 1803. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have a gut feeling it means something like "John Topliff born 9 Dec 1819, died at age 55." Maybe "E. Nicholson, born 20 Jan 1831, died at age 30" All that conjecture could date the coin engraving to about 1874 (1819+55). Hmmm . . . maybe not. Very interesting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DEA, post: 7808154, member: 90140"]Neat find! All conjecture . . . . It looks like this is your coin - [URL]https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces100310.html[/URL] - a Norwegian coin. Christian VII - king of Denmark, Norway, Vandals and Goths! These coins were minted from 1795 to 1803. I have a gut feeling it means something like "John Topliff born 9 Dec 1819, died at age 55." Maybe "E. Nicholson, born 20 Jan 1831, died at age 30" All that conjecture could date the coin engraving to about 1874 (1819+55). Hmmm . . . maybe not. Very interesting.[/QUOTE]
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