i have an old coin or medalion with the words NON SIBI SCU PATRIAe mcmxxv any one help me to find out?

Question

its a coin shape the size of a florin with an open winged eagle with the words visum_visum underneath on the other side it has a lion laying down with like a sun burst background with three like coats of arms. 1 horse 1 lion each side of a shield with a crown on the top the other is a horse with a crown on, one side of a shield and it looks like a winged bird or dragon the other with a star in the middle of the shield and like the prince of whales feather on the top i think its the olympic flames. i know there is someone out there that will know best regards d

Answer 1

Sounds like a keepsake from Mussolini or Hitler, both were facinated with ancient rome.

Answer 2

Two places to check PCGS-Pacific Coast Grading Service is probably the best and any other coin grading service after that. Or you might even want to take a rubbing of it and send the rubbing to the editors of Coin World and see what they have to say. If none of those work try either Sothbey's or Christie's auction house websites. They have experts that probably know more about ancient coins than any other knowledgeable people.

Answer 3

yeah, just take it to a coin dealer. they should be able to determine the history of the coin. it obviously is inscribed in latin, but it does not sound like an ancient roman coin in the least. it is probably a coin from the more modern times (i.e. the last 500 years).

Answer 4

mcmxxv is 1925 in roman numerals.
1925 was not an olympic year.
The eagle smacks of Germany
but the date may be a little early for you know who.
If SCU might be SEU you are on course
for "Fatherland before the Individual"
which does smell of You Know Who

Answer 5

The words a numerals are Latin, you need to take it to a reputable coin dealer to tell you exactly what it says.

Answer 6

it means "not a seed of the father"

Answer 7

it says "not for you but for the fatherland"