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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ian, post: 106385, member: 283&quot;]It may very well be rare, but it sure as heck isn&#039;t XF by any stretch of the imagination.&nbsp; Rarity and grade are not synonymous. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Even with a population of five, if they are worn down to being almost washer-like in condition then that&#039;s what their condition is. No point in saying `XF&#039; when it isn&#039;t. Still, who am I to argue with the grading `experts&#039;. I make it well below VG, (even if the rather obvious pvc damage was removed).</p><p><br /></p><p>Krause Mischler lists A3973 (as KM18) with a value of $125 in `good&#039;. Your one is in that range (IMHO).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The legends are (IMHO) nothing like those for Massa de Lunigiano. They&nbsp; are however like those for Utrecht in the United Netherlands. I haven&#039;t come across any reference for a similar coin having been struck under Alberico II Cybo Malaspina (1662-1690). Your coin dated 1679 should at least have his name in the legends if it was from MdiL. It doesn&#039;t (unless i&#039;m reading them wrong). To help point your attention elsewhere in relation to that coin, apparently the last coinage produced for MdiL was 1667. </p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, the LXXX in the first legend stands for 80 Bolognini (or so i believe).</p><p><br /></p><p>Ian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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