Kronor?

texjim · Apr 3, 2010

I found this yesterday. It looks to be some kind of stamp. the back side is smooth. Any know anything? Thanks for looking. HH Tex

Bigcypresshunter · Apr 3, 2010

texjim said:
I found this yesterday. It looks to be some kind of stamp. the back side is smooth. Any know anything? Thanks for looking. HH Tex

Is it metal? Is it 1 cm or 1 foot square?

texjim · Apr 3, 2010

it's copper. 1 3/4" square

Bigcypresshunter · Apr 3, 2010

texjim said:
it's copper. 1 3/4" square

thanks. One more question. How thick is it?

Could also be Danish or Norwegian I think.

texjim · Apr 3, 2010

1/16th thick

Broken knee · Apr 4, 2010

TJ, It is a Swedish coin, maybe it was a test piece for the dies. :icon_thumright:

Broken Knee

Bigcypresshunter · Apr 4, 2010

Could it be a printing plate?

Is it the exact size of the coin?

texjim · Apr 4, 2010

it looks to be the same size of the one coin.

Broken knee · Apr 4, 2010

bigcypresshunter said:
Could it be a printing plate?

Is it the exact size of the coin?

BCH, I was wondering the same with one side having the mirror image :dontknow:

BK

BioProfessor · Apr 4, 2010

If it is raised it can't be a test strike for a die. If it is a stamp, it should have a place for a handle of some sort to be attached. Anything there?

If the back is smooth and the things you would want to see are raised, it seems it might be associated with printing and it would have fit in a frame the same way type would have. Since it is copper, it was meant to be used for quite some time. One-time use items were typically lead.

My 2 Kronors worth.

Daryl

Lucas · Apr 4, 2010

You found it in Texas? :icon_scratch:

Somebody put a coin and a slug of copper in a machinist's press. :dontknow:

Bigcypresshunter · Apr 4, 2010

Lucas said:
You found it in Texas?

Somebody put a coin and a slug of copper in a machinist's press.

If its the exact size and indented, this may be the most likely scenario.

texjim · Apr 5, 2010

I found this in the mountains in Pa. The road to my cabin was an old wagon trail in the 1800's.
It's not raised either.

TheDane · Apr 11, 2010

A very strange find, I must say ?!?! :icon_scratch:

Strange that it is found in the US and on that location.

Could one imagine that this was used to make counterfeit swedish 5 Kronors ??

texjim · Apr 11, 2010

My company got bought out by some Sweden's a few years ago. It just so happens that some of the journey men were in town. I showed them they seem to think that someone took a the coin and was just playing around and stamped it on a piece of copper. Will never know Thanks for looking HH Tex