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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 2748405, member: 42634&quot;]This little 7 mm Ionian coin is my oldest, c. 400 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/_12_zpslft2167w.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/_12_zpslft2167w.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/misc%20ancients%20and%20medieval%20coins/_12_zpslft2167w.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I define a coin as a small, flattish thing&nbsp; produced by some governmental agency to be used as money.&nbsp; But that doesn&#039;t even always work.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my gut reaction as to if these are coins...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]628910[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>YES!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]628911[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>NO!&nbsp;&nbsp; This is a token...wood, not issued by an &quot;authority&quot;, not used for money.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/modern%20coins/100_7268_zpsepfcbxpr.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/modern%20coins/100_7268_zpsepfcbxpr.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/modern%20coins/100_7268_zpsepfcbxpr.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes! Not metal, but all else good.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/102_6193_zpssve2emmi.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/102_6193_zpssve2emmi.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/102_6193_zpssve2emmi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>No ....uh........well, ok, let&#039;s go No.&nbsp; I&#039;m giving up justifying my answers. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]628913[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>NO.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; NO.&nbsp; &nbsp; NO.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]628915[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="6">NO. </font></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/102_2670_zps8a2b6e64.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/102_2670_zps8a2b6e64.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/102_2670_zps8a2b6e64.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/102_2434.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/102_2434.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/102_2434.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]628916[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Uhhhhhh.........well.........uh..........[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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