Old Canadian (1683) coin - can anyone identify this?
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 9:30 pm
I found this old coin(?) token(?) recently but I cant tell what it is, and any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
NOTE - I had posted this a few months ago and had some helpful responses, but now I have cleaned some of the crud off of it and you can see things better.
It seems to be made of copper or bronze but that's a guess.
It also seems to have 4 coats of arms around he front face, or maybe three coats of arms and a crown at the top?
There is lettering around the outside but I cant read most of it.
The opposite side has a large barrel or something in the middle.
The interesting part is that now that's it a bit cleaned I can see numbers on it...and its either 1891 or 1683 ??? I cant tell which way is up so I am not sure.
Any ideas?
Darrell
NOTE - I had posted this a few months ago and had some helpful responses, but now I have cleaned some of the crud off of it and you can see things better.
It seems to be made of copper or bronze but that's a guess.
It also seems to have 4 coats of arms around he front face, or maybe three coats of arms and a crown at the top?
There is lettering around the outside but I cant read most of it.
The opposite side has a large barrel or something in the middle.
The interesting part is that now that's it a bit cleaned I can see numbers on it...and its either 1891 or 1683 ??? I cant tell which way is up so I am not sure.
Any ideas?
Darrell