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Message:: [QUOTE="stainless, post: 870278, member: 11757"]well, not fresh, they're very old..but my newest items from todays show.   First one..is not a coin, but is half a bronze shot mold with a lead bullet, from the balkans (18-19 Cent)   <img src="http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu53/Gorgono/003-2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />      Next, is not a coin either, but a lead wool-bale seal with makers mark, from Sicily (17 cent)    <img src="http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu53/Gorgono/004-2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />     and the (AHEM) MOJO! This piece is so cool (and is kind of a coin, lol) Jerusalem, XII-XIII ADCut Gold Fragment (0.20 grams)Met 264-333 NOw, the story on these: Firstly, these are very scarce. These originally had Islamic writing on them, but the Crusaders copied them and minted their own, and (the Crusader Officials) cut them up into pieces such as these. (or at least that's how I think it goes, if I am wrong someone please correct me, as I want to get the story correct for attribution purposes).     <img src="http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu53/Gorgono/001.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu53/Gorgono/002.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />    Hope y'all enjoyed the newps.  stainless[/QUOTE]