This relic was dug by a friend of mine in Virginia. It resembles some of the old coin weights I have seen, but I cannot find a match to it.
The VS on the coin leads me to think 5 shillings, but if that is the case, then this is very underweight. Depending on the time period, a shilling weighed either 5.7 or 6 grams for a total of 28.5 or 30 grams.
Whatever it is, I hope someone here has seen something to resemble this before and can enlighten my friend and i as to it's identity.
5 Shillings, VS VR D 15 all incuse on a knobbed weight 23.6mm. 23.27gm. Strictly a bullion weight used in the West Indies where the value of silver was tariffed higher than in the rest of the world. VR + Victoria Rex VF
DCMatt
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5 Shillings, VS VR D 15 all incuse on a knobbed weight 23.6mm. 23.27gm. Strictly a bullion weight used in the West Indies where the value of silver was tariffed higher than in the rest of the world. VR + Victoria Rex VF
DCMatt
Victoria Regina (Rex meaning King)
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5 Shillings, VS VR D 15 all incuse on a knobbed weight 23.6mm. 23.27gm. Strictly a bullion weight used in the West Indies where the value of silver was tariffed higher than in the rest of the world. VR + Victoria Rex VF
DCMatt
Victoria Regina (Rex meaning King)
Hey Cru,thats what I thought?Who was Vic. Rex
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5 Shillings, VS VR D 15 all incuse on a knobbed weight 23.6mm. 23.27gm. Strictly a bullion weight used in the West Indies where the value of silver was tariffed higher than in the rest of the world. VR + Victoria Rex VF
DCMatt
Victoria Regina (Rex meaning King)
Hey Cru,thats what I thought?Who was Vic. Rex
It was still a great ID. Here is the Bullion Weight explained;
VS = 5 Shillings (V Roman Numeral for 5)
VR = Victorian Regina
D over 15 = 15 Pennyweight ('D' is pre 1971 definition of anything less than a Shilling (Pennies) which derived from the term 'D'enarius)
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you must of added the "Rex",....King,after I posted
I immediately modified after posting, to give a better explanation
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'No good comes from thinking about how much time we waste detecting, as wasted time is good soul time' - me 25/06/08
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