Thigh66
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Was out detecting & came across this WAFER thin peice with a greenish tint... couldnt ID at the time, but tucked it away in my "save" pouch. After I got home, & began to clean my finds - This little piece of metal was toasted,, black & green crust all over,,, Unidentifiable & and almost cracked in half... Thinking it was just trash or scrap copper - I soaked it in Lemon Juice overnight - thinking that I had nothing to lose. In the AM, the gunk was gone, and there were markings!!! Very toasted, but after magnifying glass key markings & research... It turns out to be a... [h=4]Louis XIV, Sol de 15 Deniers, 1698 !!!![/h]
Its actually made of Billon - a silver, copper (and maybe other alloy) mix - That's why it was green! Holy sh*t, I almost tossed my greatest find to date!! lol 
1st 3 pics are of my coin - the last is an image from the net.
Was out detecting & came across this WAFER thin peice with a greenish tint... couldnt ID at the time, but tucked it away in my "save" pouch. After I got home, & began to clean my finds - This little piece of metal was toasted,, black & green crust all over,,, Unidentifiable & and almost cracked in half... Thinking it was just trash or scrap copper - I soaked it in Lemon Juice overnight - thinking that I had nothing to lose. In the AM, the gunk was gone, and there were markings!!! Very toasted, but after magnifying glass key markings & research... It turns out to be a... [h=4]Louis XIV, Sol de 15 Deniers, 1698 !!!![/h]
Its actually made of Billon - a silver, copper (and maybe other alloy) mix - That's why it was green! Holy sh*t, I almost tossed my greatest find to date!! lol 1st 3 pics are of my coin - the last is an image from the net.
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