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aukizy
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USA
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 Posted - 02/02/2010 : 20:38:38
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I have looked and cant find this. Its not in that great shape but still would love to know
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kirkland
New Member
USA
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Posted - 02/02/2010 : 20:40:08
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| It looks like it could be silver. Try more online research, or ask a coin dealer in your area. |
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aukizy
New Member
USA
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Posted - 02/02/2010 : 20:40:59
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Originally posted by kirkland
It looks like it could be silver. Try more online research, or ask a coin dealer in your area.
Its the size if a 50 cent piece |
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kirkland
New Member
USA
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Posted - 02/02/2010 : 20:42:15
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| Right. You should post it also in the foreign coins section, because that's where some of these Realcenters will be expecting it. |
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giddyup99
Penny Pincher Member
USA
154 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2010 : 22:10:26
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looks like this is what you got. Nice find! How did you come across it - was it in a roll of halves? |
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. |
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aukizy
New Member
USA
18 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2010 : 23:00:11
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looks like this is what you got. Nice find! How did you come across it - was it in a roll of halves?
I can't find anywhere how much it might be worth. Found it at my grandmas in a bag full of old change |
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AGgressive Metal
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 02/03/2010 : 10:15:20
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| The lion and crest suggest to me that its almost certainly Dutch. Looks pretty old, too. |
And he that hath lyberte ought to kepe hit wel / For nothyng is better than lyberte / For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world.
-Caxton's edition of Aesop's Fables, 1484 |
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AGgressive Metal
Administrator
USA
1937 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2010 : 10:15:47
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I see a date at the top of 1610. Nice.
Edit: make that 1616 |
And he that hath lyberte ought to kepe hit wel / For nothyng is better than lyberte / For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world.
-Caxton's edition of Aesop's Fables, 1484 |
Edited by - AGgressive Metal on 02/03/2010 10:16:18 |
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aukizy
New Member
USA
18 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2010 : 10:28:26
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Originally posted by AGgressive Metal
I see a date at the top of 1610. Nice.
Edit: make that 1616
I cant find what it might be worth though |
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NiBullionCu
Penny Pincher Member
USA
168 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2010 : 16:00:44
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If genuine it looks to be Netherlands-West Friesland, KM14.2
struck in .750 fine silver
weight should be close to 27.7 gm (which would be .667 oz pure silver)
Value in VG is $15.00
yours looks to be clipped in a few places and a lot of weak lettering so may struggle to grade even VG. but still worth over $10 for the silver. |
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Shattered
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
523 Posts |
Posted - 02/04/2010 : 18:22:03
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| That is an extremely cool find. Congratulations. |
"I need metal in my life, just like an eagle needs to fly."
-Joseph DeMaio : Die For Metal |
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AGgressive Metal
Administrator
USA
1937 Posts |
Posted - 02/04/2010 : 19:03:17
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| How mad would you be if you saved a coin for 400 years and then found out it was only worth $15? Imagine if someone had invested that coin at 4% interest for 400 years instead, haha. |
And he that hath lyberte ought to kepe hit wel / For nothyng is better than lyberte / For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world.
-Caxton's edition of Aesop's Fables, 1484 |
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jadedragon
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Canada
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Posted - 02/05/2010 : 00:05:39
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| But would it have bought $15 worth of stuff 400 years ago? |
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” – George Bernard Shaw.
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AGgressive Metal
Administrator
USA
1937 Posts |
Posted - 02/06/2010 : 10:28:29
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Originally posted by jadedragon
But would it have bought $15 worth of stuff 400 years ago?
Hard to say - on the one hand its not $15 worth of silver, but on the other hand silver traded at a better ratio to gold back then. Either way, you'd expect a coin like this to increase in value more just based on rarity. |
And he that hath lyberte ought to kepe hit wel / For nothyng is better than lyberte / For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world.
-Caxton's edition of Aesop's Fables, 1484 |
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