What's this coin?

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by Hazmatt, Oct 28, 2019.

  1. Hazmatt

    Hazmatt Active Member

    15723000796481856069891.jpg 15723001248631369711715.jpg So I found this coin and don't even know the language that's printed on it, can someone please help me?
     
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  3. Bradley Trotter

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  4. TyCobb

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  5. Islander80-83

    Islander80-83 Well-Known Member

    Looks like it might be a slight clip as well.
     
  6. MontCollector

    MontCollector Well-Known Member

  7. cpm9ball

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  8. cpm9ball

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    If it was a clip, the denticles wouldn't curve inward.

    Chris
     
  9. TyCobb

    TyCobb A product of PMD

    I saw that when I searched the page and found nothing, but did see the engraver was Barre. I don't know much about the language, but it does seem like P and R are reversed since they used "P" for "BARRE" and "r" for "P" in "LEPTA". (I don't literrally mean those characters, but similar in shape for that alphabet)
     
  10. Islander80-83

    Islander80-83 Well-Known Member

    Oh right. Yes, I see your point. icon_smile_thumbsup.gif
     
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  11. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    I'm afraid that's a rim bruise and not a clipped planchet, but otherwise, the coin is not bad. These got heavily circulated and are often found really worn and beat up. I used to get them in bulk lots from time to time.

    Yes, though a Greek issue, this coin was struck under contract in France, at the Strasbourg mint ("BB" mintmark).

    The designer was one of the French engravers named Barre, I suppose. Maybe Albert Désiré Barre?

    As to why that is rendered as "BAPPE" on the coin, I'm guessing it's because the Rho letter is "P" in the Greek alphabet, which is equivalent to the Roman R. (?) Just speculating here. Funny, I never noitced it was BAPPE on these coins instead of BARRE, until just now.

    (*My first name begins with an "R", so my brain often subconsciously converts P's to R's. Many's the time I've made that slipup when writing stuff longhand.)
     
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  12. Hazmatt

    Hazmatt Active Member

    Thank you all for sharing the most valuable asset in life, knowledge
     
  13. cpm9ball

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    Jean Jacques Barre was Albert's father, but it couldn't have been him because he died in 1855. Albert lived until 1878.

    Chris
     
  14. Oldhoopster

    Oldhoopster Member of the ANA since 1982

    The Greek letter P (Rho) is equivalent to R. I learned a few useful things being in a college fraternity besides tapping a keg. Knowing the Greek alphabet is also useful in deciphering ancient greek and Roman Provincial Coinage as well
     
  15. physics-fan3.14

    physics-fan3.14 You got any more of them.... prooflikes?

    No, that is rim damage.
     
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  16. lehmansterms

    lehmansterms Many view intelligence as a hideous deformity

    The Greek minors of this era were pure copper and relatively soft. Like many large, pure copper coins, they're seldom found without "flat spots" on the rims from being dropped - accidentally or deliberately - on hard floors. The weight of these "Æ1's & 2's" combined with the malleability of the copper to take on a flat spot of some size - from barely noticeable to full "flat tire" - whenever they were dropped.
     
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