1655 coin, some letters readable on back

[yellow1053]

nothing known.

 

[Saturna]

I googled "1655" , "France", and "coin" and came up with some similar...

http://cgi.ebay.com/OLD-CANADIAN-CO...9QQcmdZViewItemQQssPageNameZRSS:B:SRCH:US:102

http://cgi.ebay.com/OLD-CANADIAN-CO...2QQcmdZViewItemQQssPageNameZRSS:B:SRCH:US:101

http://cgi.ebay.com/OLD-CANADIAN-CO...8QQcmdZViewItemQQssPageNameZRSS:B:SRCH:US:101



Appears to be a French minted coin from from 'New France'. Maybe someone from Quebec was visiting Massachusetts and had a hole in their pocket. Neat find !!

http://france.coins.imusthave.ca/france-coin-rare.php


Jay

 

[baspinall]

Looks to be French.

Brian

 

[Don in SJ]

It is a Louis XIV French Liard, the coins did circulate in the colonies, my son has found a couple and I am hoping I found one this past week. Is this a ground find? If so, congrats, since the coin shows quite a bit of detail compared to the ones my son has.

If you get a chance could you measure it, should be around 22mm in diameter, weight also if you can.

Don

 

[Saturna]

Here is a shot of one .....

 

[Mackaydon]

The obverse legend would read: LXIIII ROY DE FR ET DE NA (date)
The reverse would read: Liard de France (mintmark letter). In this case, the mintmark appears (to me) as a "D", signifying Vimy, France.
An interesting site for this type of coin is found here:
http://liardsdefrance.over-blog.com/
Don.......

 

[Moe (fl)]

Excellent id Saturna, Don in SJ, and Mackaydon!

Nice find!

 

[BuckleBoy]

If that was ground found, then it's a Fantastic coin!

 

[yellow1053]

It is a Louis XIV French Liard, the coins did circulate in the colonies, my son has found a couple and I am hoping I found one this past week. Is this a ground find? If so, congrats, since the coin shows quite a bit of detail compared to the ones my son has.

If you get a chance could you measure it, should be around 22mm in diameter, weight also if you can.

Don

Thanks Don, it weighs 3.0 grams, without a ruler handy, it is just larger than a u.s. nickel, but only half the thickness. it was found in Mass. by a friend of mine. thanks to all!! if anyone's interested, this may be on Ebay soon.

 

[Iron Patch]

It is a Louis XIV French Liard, the coins did circulate in the colonies, my son has found a couple and I am hoping I found one this past week. Is this a ground find? If so, congrats, since the coin shows quite a bit of detail compared to the ones my son has.

If you get a chance could you measure it, should be around 22mm in diameter, weight also if you can.

Don

Thanks Don, it weighs 3.0 grams, without a ruler handy, it is just larger than a u.s. nickel, but only half the thickness. it was found in Mass. by a friend of mine. thanks to all!! if anyone's interested, this may be on Ebay soon.

Good one. I have found quite a few but only two that didn't go in the crusty box.

There's very little dollar value to that coin, if any.