Looks to be silver,Old coin possibly?

CrownVic26 · May 11, 2014

I dug this piece yesterday in a yard in duluth, MN near downtown.I'm curious what this is. Its really thin and is double sided.

Anybodys info would be much appreciated. Have no clue what it could be. To me, it looks like a ship with sails.it also has some dots and some interesting characters around the edges. Thank you very much

Deleted member 54237 · May 12, 2014

Great find. Check with local museum also.

ivan salis · May 14, 2014

a silver splash type coin "hammered" to mark it -- about the time that the Viking were about --they know hat Vikings were living the east coast of Canada * they were by nature explorers -- to the them great lakes would be like inland seas to be explored

DigIron2 · May 15, 2014

Might have something super rare there.But eather way, nice find.Wouldn't it be nice to see it in a coin book one day with "one known" written next to it

RestoringYourFinds · Jun 3, 2014

UP ! Any news on this coin ??

CrownVic26 · Jun 3, 2014

I'm waiting on a couple emails from 2 different sources. One from the british museum in europe and one from the university of MN. I've been so busy with work lately that I havnt been able to bring it anywhere mainly because I do not know where I should bring it to. I will definately let everyone on this thread know the information I come up with! Thanks all -Josh

worldtalker · Jun 3, 2014

CrownVic26 said:
I'm waiting on a couple emails from 2 different sources. One from the british museum in europe and one from the university of MN. I've been so busy with work lately that I havnt been able to bring it anywhere mainly because I do not know where I should bring it to. I will definately let everyone on this thread know the information I come up with! Thanks all -Josh

A coin like that anyone would be foolish NOT wanting to know,a BANNNNERRRRR if real.

tamrock · Jun 3, 2014

Interesting post. No clue here, but would love to find out what this item truly is.

Chuxter · Jun 4, 2014

Great find and thread going here.

RestoringYourFinds · Jun 9, 2014

Not to sound pushy but... any update on this coin??

I just feel passionate about this topic !

NOLA_Ken · Jun 9, 2014

I sure hope it's the real deal, I'll be following this one.

david680 · Jun 10, 2014

unclemac said:
....uh....the oldest neighborhood in Duluth still isn't old enough for Vikings to have settled there....

Well, they may have been there before there was a neighborhood! This could very well be real, but if the earlier interpretation was correct (it referenced "Skraelings") then it may have been made for use by Vikings in North America. I don't see that as probable, but as possible, and would help explain the failure to find it in the catalogs. Just can't understand why there would be any real need for local mintage when the population numbers were probably minimal, and I would think that barter was probably a more reasonable means of exchange. On the other hand, I wouldn't be surprised if it was determined to be a modern fantasy piece. Personally, I wouldn't take any one experts opinion on it, unless the opinion is backed up in some way.

RestoringYourFinds · Jun 18, 2014

Any news from the British Museum or from the university of MN?

Breezie · Jun 18, 2014

This is totally out of my area, but I'm interested in finding out if it is the real deal or not. Does it appear to be naturally worn?

Below is a close up of the coin if that helps anyone.

Here's a site showing a recreation of a Viking coin being made:
http://users.stlcc.edu/mfuller/roskilde2008.html

Breezie

RestoringYourFinds · Jun 27, 2014

Any news??

RestoringYourFinds · Jul 19, 2014

CRUSADER · Jul 20, 2014

Iron Patch said:
Either it's a modern fake, or I'm going to learn something today... and of course I hope for the lesson.

From such an early period, and made of silver, I think it's fair to assume it would be a hammered coin... but the extra metal only makes sense to me if it was from being cast. I can not see how that is possible on a hammered coin.

Agreed, its not hammered & a modern copy.

RafterRat · Nov 22, 2014

So, no update

fronjm05 · Nov 22, 2014

I don't know, it looks pretty weathered and old. It was found in an urban neighborhood? With plenty of houses around? More investigation of the immediate area would turn up more clues if authentic maybe...