Token and Gold coin weight...

[Bavaria Mike]

Worked on the 4th and have Friday off for a 3 day weekend. Raining AGAIN here ruining my detecting plans this morning so, I thought I would post this token I found a few weeks ago. I little large for a token, has the German word “LAND” in the middle which could translate to “Country, State or Territory”. Nothing on the reverse except the dots around the edge. I will soak it in olive oil for a few weeks and hope it cleans up better. I really like tokens.

The small 4 gm weight I found last Sunday has been positively IDed as a French Gold coin weight of King Louis XIV “The Sun King” who reigned from 1643-1715. Although, the weight itself could date from the mid 1600s to after the Kings death of 1715, probably the later. The fraction on the weight is 1/2, SONN=SUN, LOVI=LOUIS, DOR=Coin type. I wonder what it is worth? I now have 8-10 coin weights, some have been IDed, some not.

An example of a Gold coin from King Louis XIV, obverse, not a find. Note the Sun symbol above the King’s bust.

Reverse of the coin, wish I would have found this instead, LOL! Thanks to the guys who helped ID the weight. HH, Mike

 

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[CRUSADER]

There are quite a few Coin weight collectors out there, but they tend to like the older Medieval types. This would fetch about $5-15 to the right person, not alot I know. But who cares how much its worth, will you ever find another??

 

[tinpan]

way cool find mike, Congrats and thanks for sharing



tinpan

 

[Dman]

Nice finds

 

[Jack(IN)]

Nice token and sweet weight!

 

[RUDY2003]

Great coin weight Mike!
Pretty cool.

Keep diggin'...

 

[dgaughan]

cool find mike congrats and hh

 

[Boobydoo]

Great finds as usual Mike. Hope that coin weight is worth some good money, congrats!

Smiles!
BDoo

 

[weasel606]

very nice find ! i'd hang on to it, but i hang onto all the tokens i find, congrats