I've found a REALLY old coin, maybe from the middle age. - General

Sell the coin for some coin :smug:

More wealth please.

that looks an awful lot like my ancient coin..

[QUOTE=ei8ht;26801377]Sell the coin for some coin :smug:[/QUOTE]

It'll probably be worth like ten bucks or something. Medieval coins aren't all that rare, unfortunately.

itt: Closet coin experts

[QUOTE=Str4fe;26796746]Holy shit OP, if that coin is really from the 5th century or something, you are going to get rich.[/QUOTE] Unless it's from some really, really ancient civilisation or a variety which is very unusual among others of its age and origin, nope. If you've ever been to a museum in your life coins like this (Roman, Medieval, more recent) are just displayed in massive groups/sets or even piles.

[QUOTE=gregvizz;26775853][media]http://www.wulflund.com/images_items/set-of-11-different-coins-replicas_2.jpg[/media] looks like byzantine empire stuff I can clearly see a face and a cross so it has to be[/QUOTE] The coin OP found looks exactly like the 77 coin.

I highly doubt the legitimacy of this thread

[url]http://www.fifthcenturycoins.com/Byzantine%20coins%20page%201.htm[/url] Have a look OP, but i'd hold onto that coin if i were you. for maybe until you need some quick financial gain, because you'll probably get like $50 at best for it.

if it turns out it's something of worth, DONT sell it to the first person who gives it a value. there's a story of some fisherman who finds a pearl in an abalone, he sells it for $700 to a peal merchant, who later sells it for $15,000. not sure if the story is 100% valid, but you get it's point.

[url]http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1039596-McDonalds-Big-Macs[/url]... Looks like you found his missing patty.

I'm going to bury a bunch of coins and maybe someday in the future, someone will find it and post about it on some forum. :D

I'm not planning to sell it to anyone. I will keep it and give it to my grandchildren, if I will have any.

ITT, we are all coin experts "He's gonna get rich" "No he's not" stfu none of you know for sure, let him go get it appraised definitely awesome find, OP [editline]20th December 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=Bacteria;26816403]I'm not planning to sell it to anyone. I will keep it and give it to my grandchildren, if I will have any.[/QUOTE] this is definitely what I would do, gj

[QUOTE=Bacteria;26778023]I have a whole coins collection, from 1945's to 1990's. This one is the oldest one right now.[/QUOTE] Yours seriously only goes back to 1945? I mean damn, I have pennies older than that. My oldest coin in Very Good condition is from 1842. It also happens to be one of the rarest coins in the world. I'll never sell it, even though it's worth a fuckton of money.

Put it in a gumball machine. Get some gum.

[QUOTE=Str4fe;26796746]Holy shit OP, if that coin is really from the 5th century or something, you are going to get rich.[/QUOTE] Considering how Romans would bury their wealth and sometimes never pick it back up, it could be a common coin.

[QUOTE=Roll_Program;26776186]It belongs in a museum.[/QUOTE] [img]http://www.drjones.fr/images/news/indiana_jones_news.jpg[/img]

Use it in a vending machine.

You should try to bite it to make sure its really a coin.

find out what its made of; get rich

[QUOTE=GoldenGnome;26832619]find out what its made of; get rich[/QUOTE] I'm guessing it's copper.

Well, I brought those pictures to my father, who's had 61 years of experience dealing with ancient, foreign coins. He knows a hell of a lot when it comes to coins. His books and coins take up an entire room in our house. To those who said it was Byzantine, you're right. We think it's from roughly 7th century AD under the Emporer Phocas. Essentially, the coin is a half follis, which we can determine from the "XX" on the front of the coin. It's not that unusual, but most coins from that era use Greek denominators (K, M, etc.) rather than Roman, but Phocas obviously used Roman rather than Greek. Based on the minting at the bottom, we think it MIGHT have been minted in Constantinople (modern day Istanbul) but it's kinda hard to tell because obviously the coin isn't in excellent condition. We thought at first it was a "ANA" at the bottom, which might have been Antioch, but I pointed out to my father that the second letter we saw was not a N, but an O and he looked it over and noticed a faint outline of a C on the left side of the O. Either way, below the XX is a "CONA" (Or CON and the symbol of Delta: ^). We're not totally sure, but either way it's pretty possible that it was from Constantinople. My father grabbed one of his Byzantine coin books and after some searching we found a coin that's similar, but not the same: [img]http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7320/byzcoin.jpg[/img] This one's also a half follis but it wasn't minted in Constantinople. Everyone who's saying he's going to be rich - no he's not. The coin is, unfortunately, in really bad condition (it's probably been outside for a very very long time). Something else we noticed is that beside the "XX" was a line. We thought at first it was "XXI" but we couldn't find any reference to Phocas using a denominator of 21 on a coin so examining a little bit closer it looks like that line is actually part of the old border of the coin before it... became a little disfigured. Everything beyond that line and above is just part of the copper becoming disfigured. This kind of threw us off at first (probably shouldn't have brought this to my father after he just woke up) but yeah, there's only a "XX" there instead of a "XXI" incase anybody was confused about that. You've got a very old coin there, OP, but it's unfortunately not worth too much. Maybe take a look around the area, you might find a few more if you're lucky. Obviously, I can't promise that but you never know. That coin is absolutely something to hold on too. It's not everyday you find a 1400 year old coin. (PS: If you're interested in the book, it's called "Byzantine Coins & Their Values" by David R Spear. This picture is from page 134 and page 130 has some additional information on it.)

[QUOTE=Bacteria;26816403]I'm not planning to sell it to anyone. I will keep it and give it to my grandchildren, if I will have any.[/QUOTE] Just sell it. Your grandchildren aren't going to care about a hunk of metal from a thousand years ago. They'll be too busy with their holographic ipads and their fancy future music.

DO NOT CLEAN IT! Just a warning.

[QUOTE=l33tkill;26798967][img_thumb]http://i679.photobucket.com/albums/vv153/l33tkill101/123.jpg[/img_thumb] Pirates of the Caribbean anybody?[/QUOTE] Ewww Internet Explorer.

sell dat coin

[QUOTE=Hank228;26856337]Well, I brought those pictures to my father, who's had 61 years of experience dealing with ancient, foreign coins. He knows a hell of a lot when it comes to coins. His books and coins take up an entire room in our house. To those who said it was Byzantine, you're right. We think it's from roughly 7th century AD under the Emporer Phocas. Essentially, the coin is a half follis, which we can determine from the "XX" on the front of the coin. It's not that unusual, but most coins from that era use Greek denominators (K, M, etc.) rather than Roman, but Phocas obviously used Roman rather than Greek. Based on the minting at the bottom, we think it MIGHT have been minted in Constantinople (modern day Istanbul) but it's kinda hard to tell because obviously the coin isn't in excellent condition. We thought at first it was a "ANA" at the bottom, which might have been Antioch, but I pointed out to my father that the second letter we saw was not a N, but an O and he looked it over and noticed a faint outline of a C on the left side of the O. Either way, below the XX is a "CONA" (Or CON and the symbol of Delta: ^). We're not totally sure, but either way it's pretty possible that it was from Constantinople. My father grabbed one of his Byzantine coin books and after some searching we found a coin that's similar, but not the same: [img_thumb]http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/7320/byzcoin.jpg[/img_thumb] This one's also a half follis but it wasn't minted in Constantinople. Everyone who's saying he's going to be rich - no he's not. The coin is, unfortunately, in really bad condition (it's probably been outside for a very very long time). Something else we noticed is that beside the "XX" was a line. We thought at first it was "XXI" but we couldn't find any reference to Phocas using a denominator of 21 on a coin so examining a little bit closer it looks like that line is actually part of the old border of the coin before it... became a little disfigured. Everything beyond that line and above is just part of the copper becoming disfigured. This kind of threw us off at first (probably shouldn't have brought this to my father after he just woke up) but yeah, there's only a "XX" there instead of a "XXI" incase anybody was confused about that. You've got a very old coin there, OP, but it's unfortunately not worth too much. Maybe take a look around the area, you might find a few more if you're lucky. Obviously, I can't promise that but you never know. That coin is absolutely something to hold on too. It's not everyday you find a 1400 year old coin. (PS: If you're interested in the book, it's called "Byzantine Coins & Their Values" by David R Spear. This picture is from page 134 and page 130 has some additional information on it.)[/QUOTE] Damn, thank you so much. You've been very helpful. Send my regards to your father too.

[QUOTE=Bacteria;26775845]I was in Kahramanmaraş, Turkey when I found this. The city was full of Armenians in the old times.[/QUOTE] Then it was most likely a Byzantine era coin.