unknown coin old

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by lionsdog64, Jun 13, 2009.

  1. lionsdog64

    lionsdog64 New Member

    need help with this coin can see partial date like 17maybe i know its old is it worth anything or conversation peace.
     

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  3. just coins

    just coins New Member

    To be honest with you when you have a coin so worn like this, and you really can't make out the date the coin is worthless.

    Now if it was a extremely rare coin maybe, but that condition . I think it could very well be a foriegn coin can't make the date out at all.Sorry/ I even zoomed in 400 times magnification and still can't make it out.

    JC
     
  4. lionsdog64

    lionsdog64 New Member

    thanks was hoping it was rare big buks ha ha
     
  5. upnorth

    upnorth Junior Member

    Now, while I can't make out what the coin is, I do disagree that the coin is worthless!

    Sometimes, old coins just get rubbed the wrong way (or the right way, many, many times) and that just makes them "cool" in my opinion. If you have a coin that's over a hundred years old, how can you not respect it, despite what's happened to it?
     
  6. kvarterto

    kvarterto Senior Member

    It a brazilian coin, a Reis, but it´s impossible to determine the denomination.

    But at least I can tell it is pre-1889. The obverse has the coat of arms of the empire, and the empire was toppled in 1889.
     
  7. cwart

    cwart Senior Member

    Not even enough of the legends left to try and figger out a country of origin.... any chance you can make them out and post them here? Looks like a cool coins, just darn hard to figure out because of its condition.... :)

    nevermind kvarterto came through with an ID....
     
  8. lionsdog64

    lionsdog64 New Member

    have coin in hand and i see what u see it is a large coin id say 1 an a half inchs round sorry cant do much more just hold on to it i like it.
     
  9. HandsomeToad

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  10. lionsdog64

    lionsdog64 New Member

    thanks thats it ,alright well at least i no that
     
  11. willieboyd2

    willieboyd2 First Class Poster

    I took the liberty of editing the above photographs with an old Corel editor:

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    It looks like one that I saw in a catalog for Brazil of a regular issue of the
    1820's or 1830's, but beyond that I can not identify it any further.

    But it sure had a lot of use in it's time.

    :)
     
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