Know anything about coins?

[WA261]

have no idea what this is....curious if any of you have ever seen anything like it

Coin

 

[BP]

I used to collect a little, but I've never seen one of those. Most of my collection is from the 20th Century. That coin is old by the looks of it....really old...maybe 18th, 17th Century or earlier.

 

[Russ]

I don't know squat about coins, but if I were to guess, I'd say it looks like ancient Roman or Greek.

Russ, NCNE

 

[BP]

You may be right Russ, but it would be Roman with that lettering on it. Greeks had their own alphabet.

Click here and click on Coinages then The Roman Republic.

Some of the coins there have a look like they took a hot glob of metal and used a hammer and punch like the one in the pic.

 

[Brutuskend]

Phoenician maybe?

 

[DDad]

Only thing I know about coins is I ain't got enough of them..........

 

[WA261]

I cant find anything close to it =(

 

[WA261]

bumpage

 

[911paramedic]

That's not a coin, its a button

 

[rival]

best bet is to find a local coin shop and ask em

 

[BlueApple]

I only collect a bit of US coins, and I know for a fact that wasn't minted here. Trying posting it in a news group. Also, do you have a photo/scan of the reverse of it? (assuming that is the obverse shown.)

 

[b0mbrman]

I don't know what it is but I'll tell you one thing

 

[AuRoCuL]

Dont know what it is, but I'll give you a fiver for it?

 

[kranky]

Is there anything on the other side? How big around is it? How thick?

It is not a US coin nor a colonial one. I'll see what I can find out if you can answer the above questions.

 

[WA261]

nothing to make out on the other side...the coin is not round at all....sides and face are not smooth...i would say about 1/10 thick..8/10 wide


other side

 

[DanFungus]

wow....looks like a devil coin!

 

[NetworkDad]

Saw one like it when i took my daughter to chuck-e-cheese's last week...

 

[WA261]

Saw one like it when i took my daughter to chuck-e-cheese's last week...

yeah...i bet ;-)

 

[HombrePequeno]

Looks like it's from the Dark Ages or something.

It looks like it's worth something. I'll give you $10 for it.

 

[djheater]

Doesn't it appear to be an alloy coated in copper? That sort of indicates that it's a fake or play coin.... what's the history of the coin?

 

[Rallispec]

how did you get it?

 

[WA261]

<< Doesn't it appear to be an alloy coated in copper? That sort of indicates that it's a fake or play coin.... what's the history of the coin? >>



i dont know a single thing about it...an old gf gave it to me......i cant find crap on it.......i think it is copper...play coin or not...im sure its old and would love to know more on it

 

[djheater]

Those don't look like real letters. More like (and maybe this is just because I've been rereading the books) elf runes from Tolkien.... let's all google and see if we can find a match... some freak probably has the whole damn alphabet posted somewhere

 

[WA261]

i have looked to google....didnt think to look for something like that......SWEET!!!! i gots ELF coinage ;-)heheheheh

 

[kranky]

Showed some people the scans, and no one thinks it's a coin - even an ancient one.

Ancient Greek/Roman/whatever coinage had crude designs, but they had a picture and more extensive lettering.

One person suggested that it might be something used to seal letters (when they imprinted hot wax with a seal) but I think the lettering would be backwards if that were true - so you could read it forward when impressed in the wax.

Good luck finding out what it really is.