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Foreign milled coin finds

Portuguese gold 1000 reis Moidore of King John V 1717.They were acceptable as currency in Britain in the early 18th century found by Boston Beau
1865 1 dollar USA gold coin	Great find by an old church 1830 USA Liberty 5c coin

"Milled silver 8 Skilling Norway, 1773. At this time Denmark and Norway were both ruled by king Christian VII. The crossed hammer mint mark shows that this coin is made in Norway		"Milled silver 2 Skilling Denmark or Norway, 1778 (last digit uncertain). At this time Denmark and Norway were both ruled by king Christian VII Danish coin would have mintmaster HSK or CHL, Norwegian coin would have mintmaster HIAB with crossed hammers.

1757AD- Peru, Lima mint, King Ferdinand VI (of Spain), date 1757, assayer JM, and the denomination appears to be a half real(z)		Denmark Frederik IV -Holstein-Gottorp-Rendsborg 12 Skilling 1719-BH Large very pretty silver coin, slightly bigger than a groat or 2 Shilling piece(z)

19thC USA Shield Nickle		German States - Brandenburg-Bayreuth 1/48 Thaler 1736 Frederich (b)

Unusual 17thC French milled silver love token		1852 American 3 cents !!!

Dutch Gelderland 1709/8 Silver Ducat (48 Stuivers) Mint Mark Knight on horse		1900 USA Barber Dime


James VI of Scotland 1601- 1604 hammered silver 1/4 Thistle Merk or half noble as it was sometimes known value 3 shillings and 4 pence ( 40 pence ) 1.13g,18.79mm		1890 Victorian Hong Kong 5 cents milled silver

Real 1757 Mexico, minted in Mexico City (M with o above). Assayer M = Manuel de la Pena. Spanish king Ferdinand VI. Obv. leg: .FRD.VI.D.G.HISP.ET.IND.R. Rev. leg: VTRA.QUE.VNUM which means "Both are One" and refers the two globes between the pillars of Hercules. The pillars carry the additional text "PLUS ULTRA", meaning "More Beyond"		Very unusual foreign silver love token

1704 Louis XIIII milled silver		1718 Fredrik IV Danish 12 Skilling silver"

1794 Charles IIII of Spain 1/2 Real Mexico mint 1.56g		1866 Napolean III milled silver 1 Franc

1835 Louis Philippe I of France - 1/4 Franc milled silver		1683 Zeeland (United Netherlands) silver 6 Stuivers

1855 William III Dutch 5 cents		1912 USA One dime

1763 Continental silver coin - 22.30mm, 16.7g 6 Groszy from Danzig (Gdansk) under Polish rule and the King August III. Obv: Bust of King August III, "D G AVGVSTVS III REX POL M D L R P D S & E L" Rev: Value VI over shield, "MON ARGNET CIVITAT GEDANENSIS" Mintmaster is Rudolph Ernst Oeckermann (REOE), metal is billon (very low silver content).		1763 Prussian milled silver coin -1/48th Thaler Obv 18 EINEN REICHS THALER IDI 17.07mm, 1.14g

1902 Canadian milled silver 5 cents

European Copper coins

1767 Zeeland 1/2 Duit (Dutch) Southen most province of the Netherlands		1760 Zeeland 1/2 Duit (Dutch) Southen most province of the Netherlands

1789 Dutch Utrecht Duit coin. Smallest Netherlands Province		French, Louis XVI 1775 Ecu coinage LIARD

Zeeland 1/2 Duit (Dutch) Southen most province of the Netherlands	French 1856 Napoleon III centime		French 1855 Napoleon III centime

French 1855 Napoleon III centime copper		1843 Kindom of the Netherlands - Std coinage 1/2 Cent copper

Huge 1822 40 Reis 'pattern' Portuguese Coin		1765 Gelderland Duit (Dutch) former duchy of the Netherlands

1904/5 France 25 Centimes (Nickel)		1800's Belgium 2 centimes

1750 Gelderland Duit (Dutch) former duchy of the Netherlands		Belgium 1837- 2 centimes coin (rare date) (f)

1774 Louis XVI Ecu Coinage LIARD French copper		1882 Dix (10) Centimes France, Napoleon III

1766 Zeeland 1/2 Duit (Dutch) Southen most province of the Netherlands		Small copper coin - possibly Spanish	I believe this is 10 Centimes 1810, Napoleon I (as Emperor). The other side of the coin would show a crowned N. The metal is Billon, which is very low grade silver

1748 Swedish Ore - Frederick 1st Copper coin - Standard coinage(c)		1896 1 Heller Austria, Franz Joseph I

1850 French Napoleon copper		1854 Napoleon III copper Value is 5 Centimes

1792 Louis XVI French 2 SOLS copper, great shape 1/8 inch thick

1808 Louis Napoleon, King of Holland - Netherlands East Indies 1/16th of a Guilder		1865 Napolean III Value is 5 Centimes

1652, 8 Maravedis revalidated with VIII counterstamp on 8 Maravedis of 1625 of uncertain mint, Felipe IV (1621-1665) of Spain		Dutch 1745 Duit copper coin

1821-1842 2 Pfennige (1/180 Thaler) Prussia.		1855 Napoleon III French copper Value is 5 Centimes

177? 1/4 Stuber, Julich-Berg (German States)		1652, 8 Maravedis revalidated with VIII counterstamp on 8 Maravedis of 1625 of uncertain mint, Felipe IV (1621-1665) of Spain

European copper dated 1810 'This is a 2 (or 4) Skilling Courant from Norway. Ruled at the time by the Danish king Frederik VI. The crossed hammers in the date are an "instant identifier" for Norway.' It is not possible to see in the picture if it is 2 or 4 Skilling and they are also very close in size: 2 Skilling is 28 mm and 4 Skilling is 33 mm.The 2 Skilling 1810 is common, low value, but if it is 4 Skilling it is very rare! Only 4 years later, in 1814 Norway came under Swedish rule until 1905.		Dutch 1770's - 4 Stuivers

1652, 8 Maravedis revalidated with VIII counterstamp on 8 Maravedis of 1625 of uncertain mint, Felipe IV (1621-1665) of Spain		Foreign hammered coin - not researched it yet

1880 Dutch 1 cent copper coin		19thC 4 Fenning copper coin

Great find, mint condition copper shilling - June 1690 James II Irish 'gun metal' emergency coinage Obv 1 - JACOBVS II DEI GRATIA - Rev 1		1700's 5 Reis Portuguese copper coin

Facinating copper coin find - can't find it in the books, any ideas ?		1603 8 MARAVEDIS OF FELIPE III obverse: PHILIPPVS III D G surrounding to I circulate that it contains a crowned shield of a castle between mint and value VIII reverso: HISPANIARVM REX DATE surrounding to I circulate that it contains a crowned shield of a lion to izqierdas and date
Other Foreign Copper coins

Pie (pice) of the East India Company struck in Benares during the period 1815-1821. It has the fixed regnal year 37 of the Mughal emperor Shah Alam II'.		1934 Indian head USA 5 cents (what a find !!!)

Russian 1818 Alexander I - 2 Kopeks found by Canadian Don		1868 Guernsey 8 Doubles coin

'Soldo da 12 bagattini Undated - what you see is actually * 12 * Doge Alvise Mocenigo II (1700-1709) Mixture of copper and silver. In the venician coinage system 12 bagattini (earlier called denari) were 1 soldo, 20 soldi 1 lira (12d = 1s, 20s = 1£ this should sound familiar to you ) A rather common coin to find in the venecian area, I'm surprised you found it in Essex!' Rob		1907 Edward VII Nigeria - British East Africa one penny

"1796-1820 Cash, China, Emperor: Chia Ching. In the order top-bottom-right-left the characters read: Chia-ching-Tung-pao (province can be deciphered from the other side!)		1799 Brazilian copper coin 10 Reis as a Portuguese colony

1875-1908 and the emperor was Kuang Hsu. It apperas to be 10 Cash minted in Peking by the Board of Revenue.		1808 Louis Napoleon, King of Holland - Netherlands East Indies 1/16th of a Guilder

1734 Foreign copper coin - need to check the books