Very unique Non-MD Coin Find, 1931 Lake find

[Lc_102]

Hey guys,

I bought this Neodimium Magnet off of ebay about a year age, it can hold up to 200 lb's, its INSANELY strong, you wouldnt believ it if you hadnt seen one.

Anyway, I got this bright Idea to take it to the lake that has a bridge over it and see what I could pull up (handgun maybe?)

After about 2 hours of looking, i had pulled up and entire kitchen's worth of pipe, yes kitchen sink and all, a zippo lighter and more broken lures you could imagine (I even pulled up a complete motorcycle frame) before pulling the magnet up and it had a coin on it!

COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED!!!!

It first I thought it was a kennedy half (Before thinking much about it) by the bust that was on the front, it had silver looking tarnish all over it, when i cleanded it off it turned out to be a 5 Franc coin from 1931!

It looks like it might be silver plated, because it didnt stick as well as it would if it was iron or potmetal or something, and it didnt have any rust or corrosion.

Any kind of info on it would be cool, it was a pretty cool experiance, cant wait to go back and do it again!

 

[sloany66]

found on ebay ... http://cgi.ebay.com/1931-CANADA-GEO...oryZ3387QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[sloany66]

sorry wrong link

 

[sloany66]

hope this is the right one http://cgi.ebay.com/BELGIUM-1931-5-...ryZ45149QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[pegleglooker]

Justa FYI, you may already know, but Koning Albert means King Albert, and Der Belgen means from Belgium. You may want to look under Belgium francs not French. Like I said you may already know, but I thought I'd throw in my 2 cents....Have fun...