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Detector found 1700's token ..Any ideas ?

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Hi all been out detecting to clear my head and found this token

 

It is bigger than a morgan $

 

Information on coin :-

 

Lion side :- STADHOUDER . ADM ? &K ? GENERAAL . VAN . 7 . PROVINTIEN

 

Horse side :- WIL . ? CAR . HEN . TRIZO . PRINS . VAN ORANIEN & NASSAU . 3 MAY 1747

 

Any ideas ???? 893scratchchin-thumb.gif

 

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sorry about the size of the image it was the only way to bring out the details

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It appears to be the equivalent of a coronation medal or token from the Netherlands. William Charles Henry Frisco was William IV Prince of Orange and Nassau and was made the first hereditary state-holder (Stadholder) of the Netherlands after the French entered Flanders in April 1747.

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