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Title: An E-Mail Letter. Identification....... Post by: waltonbasinman on October 26, 2011, 02:20:46 PM Had a long e-mail out of the blue yesterday which I just read after work now. The pictured copper coin/token has been identified as a Mallaca Tin coin dated AD 1511- 1641. Having just spent 15 minutes looking at known examples of said coins I find this a little puzzling as these look a much cruder type of coin. One it is not Tin it is 100% copper and two looks nothing like any example in the photo,s I have viewed of this type of coin. Most people that see this coin / token spot the classic ship and castle Bristol crest on the one side. As you guess I am a bit miffed. Any experts on this coinage read this forum as It may be the right diagnosis but just does not seem right.
Title: Re: An E-Mail Letter. Identification....... Post by: The Doc on October 26, 2011, 05:52:05 PM Definitely not tin as you say, but Malacca was a Portuguese colony which gave me a clue that led to this. It appears to be a Portuguese copper ceitil. Try Google Images search for 'ceitil' and you'll see plenty. This one looks similar:
http://www.numislondres.com/loja/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=288 (http://www.numislondres.com/loja/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=288) Title: Re: An E-Mail Letter. Identification....... Post by: Napoleon on October 26, 2011, 05:54:57 PM absolutely stunning this coin welldone mate. Nap. ;)
Title: Re: An E-Mail Letter. Identification....... Post by: Chef Geoff on October 26, 2011, 06:01:16 PM Hard luck Paul, you might as well chuck it away mate, it's not from Bristol after all ;D
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