Could you offer any information on scarcity of these items ..please

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  1. Ruedi

    Ruedi Active Member

    I think I have twelve of these. The sign came up saying the images are too large to post and I'm not sure how to change size of images. They were found in a deerskin tiny purse under the floorboards of a demolished log cabin in northern Ontario
     

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  2. lauragarnet

    lauragarnet Well-Known Member

    I can't read any of the words on the coins. Are the words in English?
    Great story about finding them under the floor boards. It makes you wonder what happened to the person who hid them.
     
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  3. Ruedi

    Ruedi Active Member

    I know the pictures aren't very good..I'll try to get some better images next week.
    I believe they are Irish 1737.
     
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  4. moreotherstuff

    moreotherstuff Izorizent

    From this link:
    http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=137899

    "It's an Irish coinweight, used for checking the weight of coin in a transaction. Obverse legend: THE STANDARD OF IRELAND. The number under the D stands for pennyweights, and the number under the G for grains."

    "And the reverse legend begins with ANNO; the Roman numeral of the regnal year should follow, then the monarch's name, then the date at the top."
     
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  5. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    I was about to say "You do know they're Irish?" but moreother did a much better thing!
     
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  6. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    good thing you didn't actually ask that....:hilarious::hilarious:
     
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  7. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    I swear to G_d that post wasn't there when I wrote that. :wideyed:
     
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  8. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Post #4 by MOS.........
    or post #3....??? where Rue di says.....I believe they are Irish 1737.. !! :banghead::banghead:
     
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  9. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    :hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:...............:eek:
     
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  10. afantiques

    afantiques Well-Known Member

    As for the scarcity, they are not common but they appear to be in pretty well worn condition which would mean they had very modest numismatic value in that condition.

    Do not clean them.

    There are coin weight collectors but not nearly as many as coin collectors.
     
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  11. Ruedi

    Ruedi Active Member

    Thank you all. Moreotherstuf...amazing information. I wonder if the cabin where they were found may have been a store or trading spot at he time. The owner a merchant of sorts. thanks again
     
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