Unknown King Ferdinand IV Coin [solved]

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Watkins
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Posted: 3 May 2025, 23:17 #
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Can anyone help identify this coin I have. I have done research and I cannot find anything, which leads me to believe this could be a fake. It is a 1779 coin it is 41mm in diameter and is 3mm thick. It weighs 30 grams.

King
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Posted: 3 May 2025, 23:32 #
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It is not a coin, it has no value on it (essential for a coin) - so it is some sort of medallion or token.

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Status changed to Solved (Watkins, 3 May 2025, 23:38)
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Posted: 3 May 2025, 23:56 #
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Interesting !

We find an evocation of this medal in a print featuring works by Giambattista Piranesi : 

Dimostrazione dell'Emissario del Lago Fucino

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rsirian1
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Posted: 4 May 2025, 00:03 #
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Not all coins have a value on them but this is not one of them.

 

Sicilian medals

Topic moved to "Exonumia identifications and valuations" (ZacUK, 4 May 2025, 06:29)
KennyG
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Posted: 14 May 2025, 10:52 #
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https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1553185

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