Guest Daniel Posted July 12, 2004 Posted July 12, 2004 Hi All, Would be grateful if someone could help me on this.I have a coin of 30mm diameter, very thin and looks like gold not heavy though, on one side looks like george and the dragon, but not with a small sword like on most coins but with a spear and the writing although I cant make it all out: GEORGIVS ?OV???? ??PATRONVAS2nd side: some sort of ship with the writing (also not clear) IM???R?STATE SECVRITASMany thanks for any helpDaniel Quote
Edward Posted July 13, 2004 Posted July 13, 2004 Daniel, is there any chance to upload a picture of this? Any date on it? Quote
Guest Guest Posted July 13, 2004 Posted July 13, 2004 Hi Edward, no date on it, but could email you 2 pics.Daniel Quote
Chris Perkins Posted July 13, 2004 Posted July 13, 2004 If you register here, you can post them within this discussion. Quote
Edward Posted July 13, 2004 Posted July 13, 2004 Daniel, registering here would be the best thing, that way you would have a host of eyes looking at your coin. Quote
Half Penny Jon Posted July 13, 2004 Posted July 13, 2004 This sounds like an interesting coin............. Quote
kuhli Posted July 13, 2004 Posted July 13, 2004 Good luck amulets for fisherman, produced throughout the last 200+ years, based on the design of Hungarian ducats from Kremnitz. The reverse legend translates to "safety in the storm", to protect the sailors from the perils of the sea.http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/unicorn/c...et&sortBy=titleThe National Maritime Museum has 3 specimens of these amulets in their on-line gallery. (fishermans' charms, #2-4) Quote
Chris Perkins Posted July 13, 2004 Posted July 13, 2004 My uncle Peter got married in the national maritime Museum last weekend. I used to live not far from there, and uncle Peter is about the only member of the family that still lives where we 'came from'. Oh well, that was obviously nothing to do with the coin, but it does seem like we have an answer for Daniel.Thanks Kuhli, very well done. Quote
Guest Daniel Posted July 13, 2004 Posted July 13, 2004 Hi all, thanks for all your help and interest, Kuhli found the answer, mine is a bit more worn though!Greetings, Daniel Quote
Edward Posted July 13, 2004 Posted July 13, 2004 Kudos to Kuhli for this amazing piece of encyclopeadic numismatica. I propose him for the July 2004 Perkins Award for Numismatic Arcana (PANA). Quote
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