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Hit a field today that has produced Spanish reales and early US coppers, today I didn't find any coins but I did recover a early wax letter seal and a few buttons and lead. I'm pretty sure this site is probably my oldest .
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Indeed it be wonderful to identify your seal. I'm looking into it a little and came across this story about a 10 yr old boy finding an 800 yr old seal that sold for over $5000. Made me think identifying yours could improve its historical and monetary value for sure.
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An 800-Year-Old Medieval Wax Seal Found by 10-Year-Old Boy Sells for $5,000

Metal detectorist Adam Staples said 10-year-old George Henderson "must have the Midas touch" after he found the object 10 minutes into a metal detecting trip.
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Taht seal sure made up for the lack of coins on this hunt. Congratulations.

Oldrvrrat57 said:
I can see 2 lions on each side of the crown and the initials PHS
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Thanks for pointing out what you are seeing in hand.
I see the PHS initials, but these tired eyes were seeing either an angry honeybee grabbing a ball of pollen or a closeup of a kangaroo's face (with the nose front and center). :icon_scratch: I'm sure it's much more regal than either of those.
 

ToddsPoint said:
Please melt some wax and press the seal so we can see what it looks like. Those things are so cool! And envelopes with glue on them did away with about 3,000 yrs of seal use!
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tamrock said:
Can't find anything on the possible meaning of PHS, but seeing what's in the center could it be the Pretzel Haritage Society
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tamrock said:
Can't find anything on the possible meaning of PHS, but seeing what's in the center could it be the Pretzel Haritage Society 😁
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I'm not finding anything on this seal so far! This homestead is where I recovered my first Spanish reales a few years ago picked up 4 in one day oldest was a 1776 1 Reale since then I've recovered a 1817 large cent and a cut half cent and 1 more 1788 half Reale and several buttons
 

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tamrock said:
Interesting Sandog. You may have found the path that solves it. I thought I was looking at a pretzel. Just Google Bakers guild coat of arms and you'll see a few images very much like this seal.
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Wow I never thought that someone would ever figure this out! Now I know what the crest may mean
 

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