amosthegod@gmail.com Posted March 27, 2014 Report Share Posted March 27, 2014 Hi I'm not really a coin interested person, just found this in one in my grandmothers loft, back in Poland. Any ideas what it could be? Its really small so hard to take a good shot. Any answers welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 It appears to be a 1666 Polish solidus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amosthegod@gmail.com Posted March 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burks Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 I just bought one of those a couple weeks ago. I asked about it on another site with a large world coin community. Here is a response I received: " I think "the size of a US dime" is an overestimate (I didn't measure any of my examples, but a brief search seems to say 15-16 mm, which is actually half-dime size). They're pretty darned thin though!As for weight, a brief check of sales where the weight is listed gives a range of 0.46 to 0.59 grams (I probably missed a few values slightly higher or slightly lower); no idea what it's supposed to be "normally", but probably roughly in this range (i.e. something like 0.5-0.6 grams).I have no idea about the silver content, unfortunately; from what I could find (I've tried to research this question several times earlier), it probably varied a lot, but certainly wasn't much (I recall some mainly-unrelated article that estimated 10%). There's an example at FORVM listed as "silvered billon", which is probably as good a guess as any. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burks Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Sorry, it won't let me edit today for some reason. Does this look pretty close? Hard to tell from the pics: http://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/livonia-solidus-schilling-silins-km-21-(16)38-1654-cuid-112151-duid-289407 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amosthegod@gmail.com Posted March 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 I think it's this one http://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/coin_kingdom_llc/181/product/poland_lithuania_ar_1_solidus_1666_vf/472599/Default.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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