Indian artifact????

[davidpel]

I uncovered this, I believe Indian artifact. I am not sure if it is authentic artifact
I believe it is carved from stone but not 100% sure.

It has the Aztec calender carved on the back

 

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[Michelle]

WOW......SO COOL! something doesnt look real though sure it isnt a disney pirate token...there is more of a round ness to the back and the front pic with your thumb in it looks unrounded...maybe cause its slanted in the pic!!!

 

[BjC]

Can you give detailed circumstances on how you found it?

 

[dg39]

Looks aztec.. Thats the nation sun dial symbol of Mexico, or something similar. I suspect it is recent.

 

[Angelo]

For sure it is Aztec. Aztec calendar one side. The indian seems to be Cuauhtemoc dressed in a battle headdress.

Will keep you posted.

Tony

 

[Michelle]

For sure it is Aztec. Aztec calendar one side. The indian seems to be Cuauhtemoc dressed in a battle headdress.

Will keep you posted.

Tony

Cuauhtemoc tony...unless it is very old or really modern all i come up with are indians heads no eagle with face

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

ALLO DAVE: That is a discontinued Mexican coin, called, co-inicdentally, the Cuatemoc.

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[nhbenz]

The eagle suit is called a Cuauhtli.

 

[Angelo]

For sure it is Aztec. Aztec calendar one side. The indian seems to be Cuauhtemoc dressed in a battle headdress.

Will keep you posted.

Tony

Cuauhtemoc tony...unless it is very old or really modern all i come up with are indians heads no eagle with face

It is actually what the aztex warriors wore in battle. Eagle warriors. However, Chuauhtemoc is the one that is normally depicted. I believe he was the son or cousin of Monctezuma.

Here's a pic. Not of a coin unfortunatelly.

Modified. Guerrero Aguila coin.

 

[Michelle]

ALLO DAVE: That is a discontinued Mexican coin, called, co-inicdentally, the Cuatemoc.

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I was waiting, I've got one.
Regards,
Doc

So Doc,is the one in beginning of post a discontinued one as someone said already?

 

[jasonbo]

The discontiued one is not close to this as i can tell

You can distinctly make out an eagle on the headdress of the one posted. I found a coin close but again the headdress is different but the back was almost identicle. I would like to see the size of this compared to a quarter i wanna say its a medallion not a coin but im not sure. The material is said to be stone like which also makes it very strange. The 2 pictures dont seem to match to me, but thats just me. If you can photo both sides with a dime or quarter next to each if you could.

 

[Angelo]

Could it be a coin? No $ volume imprinted.

Has it been determined what it is made of?


Tony

 

[PBK]

I sent the photos to Don Bailey, a dealer specializing in Mexican coinage and exonumia.

http://www.donbailey-mexico.com/

His reply:

"It seems to be crudely made. I don't remember seeing this combination [identical images of Aztec calendar and Chuauhtemoc] before. I went through Frank Grove's Medals of Mexico in the Events, Commercial, and Personages sections and could not find anything like these images."

 

[Angelo]

I did find the following pictures under Aztec Tokens. Very little information other than that may have been for "Wedding Tokens"

Tony

 

[jasonbo]

Yeah the only thing throwing me off here is the front image clearly make out an eagle headress

 

[Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp]

ALLO: I will post a picture of it when I return home say 7 - days.

As for books on the Mexican coinage, I went to the local library yesterday and there wasn't a single coin illustrated from Alamos, nor "any" with the Aztec calendar stone on them

See the Alamos coin in the attachemnt. This was from a cache uncirculated..

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