This spoon has three balls mounted at the finial and there is serrated wire wrapping down the stem.
This large silver coin is dated 1802 and I believe that it comes from one of the Italian Papal states.
This spoon has a fleur-de-lys at the finial and a winged angel near the stem base.
This coin is dated 1804 and was issued by Tuscany, Italy in honor of King Carolus and his wife Queen Marie Alovsia.
I found a reference to where this coin was once displayed by the US Mint .
A most interesting finial with a naked man in a very suggestive pose atop a column.
The 1856 coin is a 2000 Reis from Brazil and is for King Petrus 11
The finial is a well modeled sheep head and the stem has serrated wiring design.
This coin is from the Vatican and is dated 1758 in Roman numerals. I was able to find a picture of this rare coin on the web.
SEDE • VACAN | TE • MDCCLVIII
Shield with the Coat of Arms of Girolamo Cardinal Colonna, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, upon the Cross of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, crossed keys above, surmounted by Cardinal's hat with six tassels on each side; the Ombrellone over all.
VBI UVLT [sic] SPIRAT
SCV | DO
The Holy Spirit, surrounded by rays and eleven tongues of fire (Pentecost).
information from this website
http://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/SV1758.html
At the finial, this large spoon has a lion and a key which is emblematic of Switzerland. The well made stem is twisty and has a column base.
The bowl is gold washed -but I think that it was originally a silver coin.
The coin is from Geneva Republic ca. 1723. I found a word description in an old coin book that matched this coin perfectly.
The reverse is "post tenebrus lux" - -meaning after the darkness -- light.
This picture is from a later Swiss coin but it is very similar to my coin.
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