Help with the identity I think of a coin

[Bubba65]

Hello I dug this years ago. I think it is a coin but not sure pretty well worn. I have always wondered all these years what it is and how old it may be. Thank you all for your help on this one and all your help on the other whats it I have posted.

Happy Hunting,

Bubba65

 

[trikikiwi]

Wow! That looks interesting Nice find Bubba!
Interesting patterns of marks on it.

Mike

 

[ivan salis]

with fluer de lis markings ---I'm thinking french or spanish on first look

 

[Iron Patch]

French 6 Deniers (1710-1712) Your mint letter was punched out of the center.

 

[johnnyi]

Really interesting find! Now that it's been identified as a coin, we have to figure out use. The file marks show some time was spent possibly shaping what ever went through the hole. I'm guessing the cutout on the side was almost certainly to accomodate a hinge, and the top hole maybe for a small finial or (and) a way to to secure the hinge. In other words it seems like it was a hinged lid, but to what I don't know.

 

[shaun7]

French 6 Deniers (1710-1712) Your mint letter was punched out of the center.

Nice id

 

[ivan salis]

french it is.

 

[Iron Patch]

Really interesting find! Now that it's been identified as a coin, we have to figure out use. The file marks show some time was spent possibly shaping what ever went through the hole. I'm guessing the cutout on the side was almost certainly to accomodate a hinge, and the top hole maybe for a small finial or (and) a way to to secure the hinge. In other words it seems like it was a hinged lid, but to what I don't know.

Or a part that rotated and the cut out was where it stopped or locked.

 

[johnnyi]

Really interesting find! Now that it's been identified as a coin, we have to figure out use. The file marks show some time was spent possibly shaping what ever went through the hole. I'm guessing the cutout on the side was almost certainly to accomodate a hinge, and the top hole maybe for a small finial or (and) a way to to secure the hinge. In other words it seems like it was a hinged lid, but to what I don't know.

Or a part that rotated and the cut out was where it stopped or locked.

Yes, definately a mystery . It's always particularly cool when a coin's found that was used for something else.

 

[ivan salis]

yep --a rotating latch with a nail put thru center hole --lower it with notch on rim in alinement with a tab type catch on bottom ---then roate it a bit so that its now "not alined" anymore thus shutting it closed --to open ==reline the hole and the catch and lift open.

 

[johnnyi]

yep --a rotating latch with a nail put thru center hole --lower it with notch on rim in alinement with a tab type catch on bottom ---then roate it a bit so that its now "not alined" anymore thus shutting it closed --to open ==reline the hole and the catch and lift open.

I don't know about the "latch" idea. Besides it sounding kind of impractical, there's the probelm (the fact) that both sides of the coin have been filed in a particular way against a central point. This is obvious from their patterns ((on both sides). I'll stick with a "lid" myself, but I don;t know to what (unless maybe a pipe)

 

[Bubba65]

Thanks everyone for looking and helping. Thanks Iron Patch for the id. I dug this coin about 15 years ago and always wondered what it was. Sorry for the delay my computer had a bad virus couldn't do anything on it until I kicked it in the butt.

Happy Hunting ,

Bubba65