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Well the language would have to be Latin, but the lettering could be abbreviations including down to one character for a word. The piece is not gold, but bronze.

Not British, but English namely Angevin era token. The fun part of these pieces is you see them from time to time for sale and not much is known about them. A few types are more common and seem to have originated in what is now Germany, but others originated in the Low Countries or France. I suggest the Angevin link because of the Fleur De Lis device on the reverse. This piece is most likely 14th-early 15th century in time frame. The enigma of them is that many times they have seemingly meaningless legends which may have meant something contemporarily but are indecipherable now. What is perplexing is the Fleur De Lis and the ship on the obverse which suggests a contemporary Noble gold coin. Because these are found from time to time, but so little is known about them they really do not command much interest or price. Which is unfortunate, because in my estimation they are most fascinating pieces. BTW feel free to post these inquiries at will, it makes the forum interesting.

Just posting the image so I can hork up everybodies bandwidth Definitely not an English coin, perhaps a token?

She can come grade my coins anytime.

I am sure they are all mostly middle aged balding pot bellied guys, and not some Czech supermodel with an 'ova at the end of her name.

I have had other people's mail deposited in my mailbox many times, my PO number is one off of a dentists office address, so I get their mail all the time. I usually just put it back in the post box in the hopes they will deliver it as addressed, but they don't, it comes right back to me. So I finally took a short stack of these up to the clerk at the window and pointed them out, they are not my address etc. When the post office gets handwritten unbarcoded letters they go through a manual sort, they are then barcoded with whatever information the person entering it puts in. So if it is wrong, it gets the wrong delivery bar code and ends up in my post box. So now I have to block off the ridiculous bar code to insure it will not try to cozy up with my mail in my post box.

Ah the snoopy doopy Postie clerk that has to know everything?

But customs forms are a dicey area, because you have to be accurate to a point, like stating stamped metal disk, or numismatic item etc. and not yelling COINS!(Like saying come and steal me please) Several years ago, an occasional visitor here in this forum sent me some cash from Scotland with "Hazardous Biological Samples on the back of the envelope. That will not work today, post 9/11.

I hope Tony is not into breastfeeding Maybe you mean Cheri? Or maybe Tony has a hangup?

I can check today, I have to mail a registered to Romania so I will ask.

I will have to dig them out again and measure them. I think they are a pain, they take up too much room in the bank, and gotta go.

And I know what you meant too:) I know what Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin was singing when he was talking about getting the lemon squeezed

I am rather afraid that postage your way would be killer though

It actually is a potty training seat, but it might be your suggestion on demand.

Gees, did 924 chew the scanner cable? Canna tell unless you send to mine personal inspectory. Sending a PM with a link doesn't fly. It actually have to be in hand Wife would probably send me to the meat packers if I unloaded $190 for it I am afraid. I am in purgatory again lately with spending. In fact I have three silver bars up for dibs at the moment.

Aye, 'tis, good catch. The Tryzub is here and tither all over my site.

She really should stick to selling these:

Pricing this with a hole. It is a nicer piece without it, and still nice with it. The hole is small and not on the portrait either. Surprising many of these Charles I coins were so pierced, it is conjectured that they may have been so pierced to wear on a chain or necklace by Royalists supporters, especially during the era of the Roundheads etc. when you could not be obviously a Royal supporter.

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And do pray tell, what do Ninnies Grading Cr@p know anything of grading numismatic items more than thee?

For some crazy reason most of mine seem to have emanated from Norfolk and not merry Yorkshire.

To specialise or not, that is the question, whether 'tis nobler in the spirit to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous expense of fortune, Bodles and Bawbees, Turners and Hat Pieces, or a token to please thine affection?

Gees, did 924 chew the scanner cable? Canna tell unless you send to mine personal inspectory.

Here it is a month later after this sorry episode, and the PC soldiers on. What particularly chaffed me about the whole nonsense is that the Geek works for someone I have known for a long time and I rather hate to gripe about it. I had a lightning strike on my old PC back in '01, it sauntered on on a slow labourious journey of gradual demise until '05 and then gave up the ghost finally.

Indeed it is a Charles I bodle or turner. The II in Roman numerals denotes the value. Other than that with the image being dark(at least on my monitor) I cannot yet break it down by subtype etc.