Strange Coin:wacko:

[BadaBing]

[size=large]This coin was recovered in Rhode Island along with 5 more of the same coins in the remains of what might of been a sack of some sort. The date is 1715. I have looked everywhere for info on the coin and I can't find anything. Any help would be great.[/size]

 

[ojm bc]

n/t

 

[dave5710]

I think you may have something there. Check out www.answers.com/topic/arg-abbreviation

 

[Steve(Can)]

This is a silver Dutch coin, also minted for use in the Dutch East Indies with a colonial counterstamp

Also called a ducatoon or dukaton.

A couple pics of a later coin of this type for detail.
[attachment 128115 ducaton_r.jpg]
[attachment 128114 ducaton_o.jpg]

The mint mark indicates it was minted in Amsterdam
[attachment 128116 mintmark.jpg]

Weight: 32.78 grams, and contains .9917 of an ounce of silver.

Nice find!

 

[ojm bc]

Utrecht, Netherlands
Ducaton 60 Stuiver- silver rider
Fine $30
VG $65
VF $110

 

[ojm bc]

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[Steve(Can)]

...there are replica coins of this type and date that look very similar to the one you posted. Apparantly there are now chinese factories stamping out replicas of old silver American colonial coins. An authentic ducaton (also called ducatoon in colonial America) is 45 millimeters thereabouts and weighs around 32 grams.

A replica currently on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Colonial-Silver-Rider-Holland-Ducatoon-Replica-1716_W0QQitemZ190308811338QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCoins_US_Individual?hash=item2c4f4a024a&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

 

[stikman]

Here's one from 1711
Utrecht, United Netherlands, "rider" ducatoon, 1711

 

[ojm bc]

n/t

 

[dave5710]

concordia res parvae crescent--- together we accomplish more

Very cool find, I hope they are real. Did you dig them up?