Holy Silver...1868 VATICAN-PAPAL STATES Pius IX 10 Soldi

[JW15]

Hey everyone,

Went back to an old site today and fortunately it's still giving up goodies. I scored the 10 Soldi coin deep in a mess of roots and was surprised by what it is.
I never found or heard of one before today but learning new things about history is one of many things that's great about this hobby

I also scored a small buckle and and a St. Dominic necklace charm. I've found a few religious items at this site which leads me to think there may have

been a church or gathering place to worship there at one time, research to follow. Anyways GL and HH out there! ~ On a side note there's a minting

error on the N in PON, not sure if that's common or not.

 

[dfx willy]

dont know about the error about being common.as a matter of fact i dont think the coin is common i never herd of one. congrats. willy

 

[treasurepirate1]

i did some quick research and this is what i found it's french wbsite but i think somone said there were 8.203.846 pieces minted. here's the link to the website http://www.google.ca/imgres?q=1868+...tp://www.la-detection.com/dp/message-6376.htm

 

[kevkirki]

I'm to new to this game to help but that is one cool coin ....nice save

 

[aquacoon]

Hey everyone,

Went back to an old site today and fortunately it's still giving up goodies. I scored the 10 Soldi coin deep in a mess of roots and was surprised by what it is.
I never found or heard of one before today but learning new things about history is one of many things that's great about this hobby

I also scored a small buckle and and a St. Dominic necklace charm. I've found a few religious items at this site which leads me to think there may have

been a church or gathering place to worship there at one time, research to follow. Anyways GL and HH out there! ~ On a side note there's a minting

error on the N in PON, not sure if that's common or not. Definitely an error coin. I checked out other pics of that coin and yours absolutely has a strike error. Searching the web for this but no idea on rarity or value yet. Sweet find at any rate!!!

Aquacoon

 

[HISPAN]

Very nice coin !
H

 

[Deno]

That is a nice find.

I don't think I have ever seen one before.

 

[JW15]

Thanks everyone! I haven't been able to find out much regarding the error but in any event finding this just goes to show that dirt-fishing (not life) is like a box of chocolates...You never know what you're gonna get!

 

[alanford1958]

NICE FINDS