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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3746100, member: 85693&quot;]I &quot;accidentally&quot; got this small, crusty silver coin that I think I figured out.&nbsp; Maybe.&nbsp; It seems to be a silver &quot;bugne&quot; issued by Metz by Robert de Leoncourt around 1551, later countermarked with an eagle by Henry Duke of Lorraine in 1621.&nbsp; Apparently the countermark was mostly for Charles III issues, but a few &quot;bugnes&quot; got in the mix.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found a few of them online, but all in French auctions, and my French is nonexistence and Google Translate isn&#039;t always useful with numismatic terms, so I&#039;m kind of guessing.</p><p><br /></p><p>If anybody knows anything about this - or can correct my attribution, I&#039;d be delighted.&nbsp; Thank you!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1004796[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Metz&nbsp; AR Bugne</b></p><p><b>Robert de Leoncourt </b></p><p><b>1551-1555 (cm 1621)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>S. <strike>TEPH - .PROTH. M., St. Stephen kneeling / [M]ON-[E]TA - MET-[ENS] P (?),</strike></p><p><strike>Long cross with stars in angles.</strike></p><p><strike>Rob.8930. Fl.p765.30.</strike></p><p><strike><b>Countermark:</b>&nbsp; Eagle in 5 mm circle reverse. </strike></p><p><strike>(0.85 grams / 17 mm)</strike></p><p><strike><br /></strike></p><p><strike><br /></strike></p><p><strike><b>Countermark Notes: </b></strike></p><p><strike>Google trans. of Alde Public Auction Oct. 2015</strike>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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