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mot777mot |
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Registered Member #479 Joined: Fri May 21 2010, 02:14pmPosts: 5 | Good day boy's and girl's. I'm new here have a few coin's mostly from South Africa. But i found this coin, can anybody tell me something about it. Don't know if its a medalion or coin etc. | ||
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KSP |
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Registered Member #172 Joined: Mon Jul 06 2009, 08:54amPosts: 114 | Hi there. That coin looks like Kingdom of Italy, but M is the mintmark for Milan so it could have been the Italian state of Lombardy...but a quick check on Wiki says Kingdom of Italy started in 1861..so Italy 1863 1 Lire, minted in Milan...I think! [ Edited Fri May 21 2010, 07:40pm ] | ||
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Nicholas |
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Deus Ex Machina Registered Member #1 Joined: Sun Jul 01 2007, 10:10pmCity, State:: Ocala, Florida Posts: 559 | kaija is right. 83.5% silver. Not a bad looking coin. Turin and Naples also minted this coin using mint marks T and N respectively. | ||
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Nicholas |
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Deus Ex Machina Registered Member #1 Joined: Sun Jul 01 2007, 10:10pmCity, State:: Ocala, Florida Posts: 559 | Let's make this a bit more fun. 10 bragger tokens to the first person who tells us what the "BN" stands for. | ||
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mot777mot |
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Registered Member #479 Joined: Fri May 21 2010, 02:14pmPosts: 5 | Thanx guy's, its in a good state. That's why i was wondering what it was etc. | ||
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KSP |
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Registered Member #172 Joined: Mon Jul 06 2009, 08:54amPosts: 114 | Ohhh..BN? Is it 'Banco Nationale' or similar? | ||
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Nicholas |
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Deus Ex Machina Registered Member #1 Joined: Sun Jul 01 2007, 10:10pmCity, State:: Ocala, Florida Posts: 559 | I honestly don't know what it means. The BN could mean "Banca nazionale" which would make sense since states were still minting their own coins at the same time. It would help differentiate. oh and welcome to CoinBrag, mot777mot! :) That coin does look to be in great shape considering the age. [ Edited Sun May 23 2010, 01:42pm ] | ||
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Nicholas |
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Deus Ex Machina Registered Member #1 Joined: Sun Jul 01 2007, 10:10pmCity, State:: Ocala, Florida Posts: 559 | It looks like kaija was right! I found something that seems to support it. Google book | ||
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mot777mot |
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Registered Member #479 Joined: Fri May 21 2010, 02:14pmPosts: 5 | Thanx Guy's very interesting | ||
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KSP |
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Registered Member #172 Joined: Mon Jul 06 2009, 08:54amPosts: 114 | Oh yes, I figured it'd be something like that. Got any more coins Mot777? [ Edited Mon May 24 2010, 10:18am ] | ||
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