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<p>[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 7465476, member: 102103"]Found this in my "<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/box-of-mystery-hard-to-identify-world-coins.379177/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/box-of-mystery-hard-to-identify-world-coins.379177/">Box of Mystery</a>"</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob: GEORGIVS III DE GRATIA</p><p>Rev: ·M·B·F·ET·H·REX·F·D·B·ET·L·D·S·R·I·A·T·ET·E· 1789</p><p>It looks like the coin is patterned after a 1789 guinea, but this coin is clearly not gold. Looks like corroded copper. Edge is scalloped. ~24 mm, 3.5 g</p><p>Could this be a gaming token? I've heard those were sometimes made in the design of gold coinage. It doesn't look like a recent replica. Any guess as to when these were made? Thanks!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1293177[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1293178[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 7465476, member: 102103"]Found this in my "[URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/box-of-mystery-hard-to-identify-world-coins.379177/']Box of Mystery[/URL]" Ob: GEORGIVS III DE GRATIA Rev: ·M·B·F·ET·H·REX·F·D·B·ET·L·D·S·R·I·A·T·ET·E· 1789 It looks like the coin is patterned after a 1789 guinea, but this coin is clearly not gold. Looks like corroded copper. Edge is scalloped. ~24 mm, 3.5 g Could this be a gaming token? I've heard those were sometimes made in the design of gold coinage. It doesn't look like a recent replica. Any guess as to when these were made? Thanks! [ATTACH=full]1293177[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1293178[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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