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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2766833, member: 10461&quot;]All of you: <b>get it tested</b>.&nbsp; The <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_arras" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_arras" rel="nofollow">Arras token</a> (these are fantasies and not actual coins, though they are often erroneously <i>called</i> coins) and the ring, if you have one, will be worth the <i>gold</i> value and have little <i>numismatic</i> value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any additional value will be as a <b>jewelry</b> item, subject to all the rules that apply to that market.&nbsp; I am not a jewelry appraiser, of course.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry, but this is absurd on a few different levels.</p><ol> <li>Regarding this &quot;made for the King of Spain&quot; nonsense: Spain was ruled by a <i>queen</i> (Isabella II) in 1865.</li> <li>That is a <i>Mexican</i> style eagle, and Mexico was independent of Spain long before 1865.</li> <li>Don&#039;t get your hopes too high over those crazy price quotes.&nbsp; I personally believe you&#039;d be very lucky to get that $500 from the low end of the quote... if that.&nbsp; And if somebody offers you $22,000 for that, TAKE IT!!!</li> </ol><p>Mind you, I&#039;m just a <i>coin</i> guy.&nbsp; Again, this an item for the <i>jewelry</i> market.&nbsp; There&#039;s no real coin involved.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Edit</b>: I just realized I spent all that time responding to a seven-year-old resurrected post.&nbsp; LOL <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>These things do have a way of resurfacing, don&#039;t they?&nbsp; Oh well.&nbsp; The next person who finds one of these and comes here can read all this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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