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Help needed to identify brass discs (seals??)

mykmanon

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I have found six round brass discs from an old French fort in Haiti. They are from a period around 1770's. Each is slightly different.
 

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Look liked hammered coins to me, so at least 17th C.
 
None of them have dates or portraits. Most have an 'E', then a large 'V', then either a '4' or triangle. They are all extremely thin. No wear on the face.

Any idea what they could be used for?
 
None of them have dates or portraits. Most have an 'E', then a large 'V', then either a '4' or triangle. They are all extremely thin. No wear on the face.

Any idea what they could be used for?

You just described a hammered coin. lol

Bramblefinds will ID them all, if you make clear shots of the Obverse & reverses. Is this picture both sides of the same coin?
 
Crusader, yes this is the same coin
 
Trapperart,

You're correct. I didn't think that they were that old. It makes sense in that before the French arrived the Spanisher were in the same area. This is very exciting. I will go back for more. I found the same coins on

First coins of the Americas
 
Crusader,

Trapper art correctly ID them as Maravedis Spanish coins. This is exciting.
 

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