1587 Double Tournois - French coin

[mtalbot_ca]

Hi there,

Last night, I found, what I believe to be a 1587 Double Tournois coin.

This specific coin, if dated correctly, is from Henry III period and seems to be from Lyon France. It is 3.0gr in weight and should be composed of 80% copper and 20% silver.

I found this piece in an ordinary CWR, that I purchased from a man at the bank.

Gods knows what he was thinking. I am still heffy on the date, as I could only guess it from other images from that period and from ''photoshop simulation with colors and contrasts.

This is by far, and I am talking about light years above and beyond what I found before.

Here are the pictures:

[Thogey]

Pictures?

[mtalbot_ca]

Second try.

The three Fleurs de Lys

double tournois #3.tif (91.11 KiB) Viewed 2503 times

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http://acnrf.forumperso.com/t1522-double-tournois-du-dauphine-1587

http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces15981.html

[mtalbot_ca]

This is cool!!!!!

[Thogey]

Bully, mtalbot_ca!

Is that your coin?


You just never know. I love roll searching.

[mtalbot_ca]

I know....yes it is mine...

To find a one hundred year old coin is exciting. To find one that is three or four hundred years old is mind boggling. It was in a simple penny roll. The worst is that it was sticking out a bit, as it is slightly larger in diameter than a regular penny. I am excited, I could barely sleep last night thinking of what that coin had to go through, without ever being taken out of circulation. Well, now it is mine....

Cheers,

[Thogey]

You could write a movie from the coin's point of view.

Very nice.

Thanks for the post.

[henrysmedford]

How to you top that!!!!!

[AGgressive Metal]

I think this is the coolest find yet!

[mtalbot_ca]

Hi there,

I keep making scenarios. How the hell, did one of those coins, made it into a penny roll?

Scenarios range from:
- A guy with a metal detector finding it twenty years ago putting it in a jar with all the other coins and someone decided to roll and get rid of it.
To: It was within the chest or furniture of some of the old convents or some other religious building and while clearing out, just got released into the wild.

Remember, I got it from a guy that I purchased at the bank his 25$ worth of penny. By the way, I still have some of them left (I want to carefully inspect them). Most rolls seems to be comprised of pennies 2002 and older, some have strange composition: three dimes (canadian and american), 2 x 2euro cent, 1x5euro cent, 1 x penny from Fidji.

I'll keep you psted if anything comes up.

Cheers,

[Oakair]

Dang!

Thats just straight crazy, nice find for sure!

[cupronickel]

Les Miserables !