How can I identify these medieval coins?

[aaron7]

I bought a pile of uncleaned medieval coins on eBay a while back and no matter what I did I couldn’t clean them! I tried every solution, ultrasonic cleaners, and read all the guides online to no avail.

Anyways, I decided on a drill press and a wire brush attachment…

BEFORE YOU ALL JUMP DOWN MY BACK I know I took away any value these coins had. I didn’t/don't care about that. I bought them to enjoy them and having them look like rocks wasn't very fun for me. I now can enjoy all the designs and look them up!

So... how can I identify these? All the sites online I've found are useless or geared towards older coins.

Many of these have 1600's dates and VIII or III on them, so I would think they are all 1500-1600's.

 

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[gallileo60]

They dont look too bad, where did they come from

 

[aaron7]

ebay

 

[oldplacesnofinds]

Not to sound like a jerk but that kind of coin collecting takes patience. They have books to identify any coin ever minted. With the older coins it takes a lot of work. To clean these you can soak them in olive oil and every week or so, slowly remove the gunk. I have had some Greek coins that took me months to get details from. They look really good without ruining the original look. When you buy from Ebay, see if you can find a book to go along with the coins you want to collect. This one took a long time to get it to look like this. I still have not identified this one yet. My Uncle borrowed my book.

 

[aaron7]

Totally understandable... I just figured since most of mine are one or two of the same kind they were common.

I think I have the one you posted... 3 down and 2 over.

And about ruining the original look... I think they were all shiny and new, not brown/black and old looking!

 

[Evolution]

They actually dont look too bad. Olive oil does work though with a little patience. I had a 2 cent piece in olive oil for about a month earlier this summer and it turned out pretty good. I cant help with the coin ID though....sorry.

 

[Kas]

Not to sound like a jerk but that kind of coin collecting takes patience. They have books to identify any coin ever minted. With the older coins it takes a lot of work. To clean these you can soak them in olive oil and every week or so, slowly remove the gunk. I have had some Greek coins that took me months to get details from. They look really good without ruining the original look. When you buy from Ebay, see if you can find a book to go along with the coins you want to collect. This one took a long time to get it to look like this. I still have not identified this one yet. My Uncle borrowed my book.

The only problem you may find using olive oil is that the coin will leech oil for a long time to come. And, it will be more noticable when slabbed or sleeved.

 

[ivan salis]

ah ask our feinds from accross the pond in england -- they call any coin younger than 300 years "modern" -- the "rampant lion" design I see on a few shows that some of them may be from england -- try PM ing CRUSADER and ask his help-- that seems to be his gig very old & medieval era english coins -- he most likely could help or try a website on medieval english coins -- they look like copper or bronze to me correct? Ivan

 

[Montana Jim]

Gunner? Where are you?

 

[aaron7]

Yes they are all copper or brozne or a combo of the two!