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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tiag12, post: 791240, member: 18113&quot;]Will do. I know (or at least believe I know) where they are from, but I never asked you where your wife&#039;s Grandmother lived (Nationality), her last name, DOB and DOPassing. This information is helpful because that may help me pin-point her location of residence better, making it easier to possibly find out more about the coin, token or medal. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Generally speaking I am guessing that these coins are much older then your wifes Gm was, possibly family keepsakes from her Maiden family or her husbands. Or she may have found them digging in someones garden...who knows. On your end doing a family search could help you find out more about these too.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I agree with another poster here that they were creatively and wonderfully handmade.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The symbols though reflect their country. The Lion with the Axe is popular in Denmark, Norway, Germany and their neighbors. The one thing throwing me off though is that it is not wearing a crown, (which could actually predate the more popular design where it does wear the crown; which is helpful in dating the coins also). The Lions from these other countries do...?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The bird as far as I can tell is an eagle. In some research that I had come across people were not sure what type of bird it was because of the neck being so long.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So, from what I have found at least, you know that it is more then likely from Europe. What they are remains to be unknown, but I agree with another posters that it is either a token of some type or a medal. I am leaning more towards it being a token because usually medals have some way (normally) of being teathered or clasped with a chain or ribbon.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It could be a coin too though, because coins from the 17th century and before didn&#039;t always have script associated with them. The only thing here though are their condition. Coins that bore no script from the 17th C. and earlier seemed to be well worn out; yours are in pretty good shape for being so <u>estimatedly</u> old. If they are coins either one of the symbols could reflect the coins market value like our coins do today.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you can share the information about your wifes Gm, it would be helpful. Thanks![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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