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Message:: [QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 7508291, member: 102103"]Lefthand coin was from a lot of mixed Italian States coins.  I had almost given up on IDing it, but there's just enough of a circular wreath on the reverse to get a hint at what it was.  5.67 g, 23 mm.  Doing a <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?e=italie_etats&r=&ct=coin&tb=y&tc=y&tn=y&tp=y&tt=y&cat=y&ru=&ca=3&no=&v=&d=&i=&a=&dg=&m=np&f=&t=23-24&w=5.5-6&u=&g=&se=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?e=italie_etats&r=&ct=coin&tb=y&tc=y&tn=y&tp=y&tt=y&cat=y&ru=&ca=3&no=&v=&d=&i=&a=&dg=&m=np&f=&t=23-24&w=5.5-6&u=&g=&se=" rel="nofollow">targeted search</a>, there are only a couple candidates from Italy of that size with a wreath.  So I think it's a Sardinia, 1826, copper, 3 centesimi.   I'm not claiming to be able to read the date--it's a single-year type.  To my delight, this is a coin I already have an example of, so I took a photo of the two side by side.  Now that I know where to look, I can just make out the AR of "SAR" and maybe P of "CYP" on the reverse of the left one.  Of course, it's not a valuable coin in such corroded condition. Still, it's cool to see that with any of the text or a hint of the design plus a size and weight, it's often possible to get an ID in even the least promising cases.[ATTACH=full]1297420[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1297421[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]