What is your "Copper to Silver" ratio??

[coinman123]

What is your ratio of colonial coppers/large cents coins to colonial/early silver coins? So far I have not found any colonial silver but I have found a handful of colonial coppers. I'm just curious what your ratio of copper to silver is.

 

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[Dave Rishar]

0:0 honestly, but given the history of my area, I'm not surprised by a lack of colonial finds. They apparently do turn up from time to time around here, but I suspect that at least some of those finds were actually made on Ebay.

I can actually think of a handful of locations around here where large cents could have been dropped, but almost all of them are protected. I'd imagine that colonial coinage of any sort would be highly unusual.

 

[bigfoot1]

cali mts.here
I have 1 lg.cent and no colonial coppers.amazingly the lg.cent is in remarkable condition tho !!history around here is much too recent for colonial.

 

[Iron Patch]

A lot of our large coppers are early 1800s tokens, and if I include them with everything earlier, I'd say over my 14 years my ratio is about 25-1. And over my last few years probably more like 50-1. Our area is pretty rich in early military buttons, but rather poor in early silver, although I do have a very good quality small collection of them.

 

[CincinnatiKid]

My earliest coin is an 1835 half-dime.
I do have dreams of colonial coins though.
GL
Peace ✌

 

[Jason in Enid]

The only people in my area during colonial times were native americans, spaniard and french explorers and those people weren't carrying around money to lose.

 

[coinman123]

I have found a few colonial coppers, including two from the 1600's. I found two King George II coppers and a King George I 1723 Hibernia HalfPenny. The two 1600's coins are my William III Halfpenny and a Louis XIV 1655-1658 Liard. Strange because I have only found four large cents compared to 6 colonial coppers. I find way more relics than coins.

I have found about 40 colonial/very early 1800's buttons. I guess it evens out to one really old coin per four buttons. It seems more like 1:10 though

 

[K1DDO1979]

Count em up. I have to update the list soon! [emoji2]

~COPPER~
British large half penny-1753
British large half penny-17??
British large half penny-17??
British large half penny-17??
British large half penny-17??
British large half penny-17??
British large half penny-177?
British large half penny-1771
British large half penny-1772
French un decime coin-1795
Lower Can. half penny token-1812
R H half penny token-1814
Halifax half penny token-1814
Halifax half penny token-1814
Halifax half penny token-1815
Halifax half penny token-1815
Halifax half penny token-1815
Nova scotia half penny token-1815
Nova scotia one penny token-1823
Nova scotia half penny token-1832
Nova scotia half penny token-1832
Nova scotia half penny token-1832
Nova scotia half penny token-1840
Nova scotia half penny token-1843
United states large one cent-1853
New Brunswick penny token-1854
Fish. & agric. one cent token-1855
Canada large cent-1859
Canada large cent-1859
Canada large cent-1859
Nova Scotia large one cent-1861
Nova Scotia large one cent-1861
Nova Scotia large one cent-1861
Nova Scotia large one cent-1861
Nova Scotia large one cent-1861
Nova Scotia large one cent-1861
Nova Scotia large one cent-1861
Nova Scotia large one cent-1861
Nova Scotia large one cent-1861
New Brunswick one cent-1861
New Brunswick one cent-1861
British large half penny-1862
New Brunswick one cent-1861
New Brunswick one cent-1864
Nova Scotia large one cent-1864
Nova Scotia small half cent-1864
United states small one cent-1869
British large penny-1869
Newfoundland large cent-1873
Canada large one cent-1876
United States small one cent-1882
Canada large one cent-1884
Newfoundland large cent-1885
Canada large one cent-1888
Canada large one cent-1888
Canada large one cent-1888
Newfoundland large one cent-1890
British large half penny-1891
Canada large one cent-1893
Canada large one cent-1894
United States small one cent-1895
Canada large one cent-1895
Canada large one cent-1896
Canada large one cent-1897
British large one penny-1897
Canada large one cent-1899
Canada large one cent-1900
Canada large one cent-1900
United States small one cent-1900
Canada large one cent-1901
Canada large one cent-1901
Canada large one cent-1901
Canada large one cent-1902
Newfoundland large one cent-1904
Canada large one cent-1904
Canada large one cent-1905
United States small one cent-1905
Canada large one cent-190?
Canada large one cent-1907
Canada large one cent-1908
United States small one cent-1909
Canada large one cent-1910
United states small one cent-1911
Canada large one cent-1911
Canada large one cent-1911
Canada large one cent-1912
Canada large one cent-1912
British large half penny-1912
United States small one cent-1913
Canada large one cent-1913
Canada large one cent-1913
Canada large one cent-1914
Canada large one cent-1914
British large half penny-1914
Canada large one cent-1916
France large five centimes-1917
Canada large one cent-1917
Canada large one cent-1917
Canada large one cent-1917
Canada large one cent-1917
Canada large one cent-1918
Canada large one cent-1918
Canada large one cent-1918
Canada large one cent-1918
Canada large one cent-1918
Canada large one cent-1919
Canada large one cent-1919
United states small one cent-1919
United states small one cent-1920
United states small one cent-1920
Canada small one cent-1920
Canada small one cent-1921
Canada small one cent-1921
Canada small one cent-1921
United states small one cent-1923
United States small one cent-1927
Canada small one cent-1930
United states small one cent-1930
Canada small one cent-1933
Canada small one cent-1935
Canada small one cent-1936
British small three pence-1943
Austrian large 10 schilling-1981

~NICKEL~
United States five cent-1876
United states five cent-1885
Canada five cent-1922
Canada five cent-1929

~SILVER~
Spanish one real-1737
British six pence-1859
Canada ten cent-1871
CanadaTWENTY FIVE Cent-1871H
Canada TWENTY FIVE Cent-1887
Canada five cent-1893
Canada ten cent-1907
newfoundland five cent-1912
newfoundland five cent-1912
Canada five cent-1913
Canada ten cent-1916
Newfoundland five cent-1917
Canada five cent-1917
Canada ten cent-1918
Canada ten cent-1918
Canada ten cent-1929
newfoundland five cent-1929
Canada twenty five cent-1929
Canada twenty five cent-1929
Canada ten cent-1932
Canada twenty five cent-1936
newfoundland five cent-1938
newfoundland five cent-1938
Canada ten cent-1938
Canada ten cent-1939
Canada ten cent-1940
newfoundland five cent-1940
newfoundland five cent-1941
newfoundland five cent-1941
newfoundland five cent-1941
newfoundland five cent-1941
newfoundland five cent-1941
newfoundland five cent-1941
newfoundland five cent-1941
newfoundland five cent-1941
Canada twenty five cent-1941
newfoundland five cent-1942
Canada ten cent-1943
Canada ten cent-1943
Canada twenty five cent-1943
newfoundland five cent-1943
newfoundland five cent-1943
newfoundland five cent-1943
Canada fifty cent-1944
Canada ten cent-1944
Canada ten cent-1944
newfoundland five cent-1945
newfoundland five cent-1945
newfoundland five cent-1945
Canada ten cent-1946
Canada ten cent-1947
Canada twenty five cent-1948
Canada twenty five cent-1949
Canada ten cent-1951
Canada twenty five cent-1953
Canada ten cent-1954
Canada ten cent-1955
Canada ten cent-1957
Canada ten cent-1959
Canada ten cent-1959
German five mark-1960
Canada twenty five cent-1960
Canada ten cent-1960
Canada ten cent-1960
Canada ten cent-1960
Canada ten cent-1961
Canada ten cent-1962
Canada twenty five cent-1962
Canada twenty five cent-1962
Canada ten cent-1963
Canada twenty five cent-1964
Canada twenty five cent-1964
Canada ten cent-1965
Canada ten cent-1966
Canada twenty five cent-1965
Canada twenty five cent-1965
Canada twenty five cent-1966

 

[coinman123]

Count em up. I have to update the list soon! [emoji2]

~COPPER~
British large half penny-1753
British large half penny-17??
British large half penny-17??
British large half penny-17??
British large half penny-17??
British large half penny-17??
British large half penny-177?
British large half penny-1771
British large half penny-1772
French un decime coin-1795
Lower Can. half penny token-1812
R H half penny token-1814
Halifax half penny token-1814
Halifax half penny token-1814
Halifax half penny token-1815
Halifax half penny token-1815
Halifax half penny token-1815
Nova scotia half penny token-1815
Nova scotia one penny token-1823
Nova scotia half penny token-1832
Nova scotia half penny token-1832
Nova scotia half penny token-1832
Nova scotia half penny token-1840
Nova scotia half penny token-1843
United states large one cent-1853
New Brunswick penny token-1854
Fish. & agric. one cent token-1855
Canada large cent-1859
Canada large cent-1859
Canada large cent-1859
Nova Scotia large one cent-1861
Nova Scotia large one cent-1861
Nova Scotia large one cent-1861
Nova Scotia large one cent-1861
Nova Scotia large one cent-1861
Nova Scotia large one cent-1861
Nova Scotia large one cent-1861
Nova Scotia large one cent-1861
Nova Scotia large one cent-1861
New Brunswick one cent-1861
New Brunswick one cent-1861
British large half penny-1862
New Brunswick one cent-1861
New Brunswick one cent-1864
Nova Scotia large one cent-1864
Nova Scotia small half cent-1864
United states small one cent-1869
British large penny-1869
Newfoundland large cent-1873
Canada large one cent-1876
United States small one cent-1882
Canada large one cent-1884
Newfoundland large cent-1885
Canada large one cent-1888
Canada large one cent-1888
Canada large one cent-1888
Newfoundland large one cent-1890
British large half penny-1891
Canada large one cent-1893
Canada large one cent-1894
United States small one cent-1895
Canada large one cent-1895
Canada large one cent-1896
Canada large one cent-1897
British large one penny-1897
Canada large one cent-1899
Canada large one cent-1900
Canada large one cent-1900
United States small one cent-1900
Canada large one cent-1901
Canada large one cent-1901
Canada large one cent-1901
Canada large one cent-1902
Newfoundland large one cent-1904
Canada large one cent-1904
Canada large one cent-1905
United States small one cent-1905
Canada large one cent-190?
Canada large one cent-1907
Canada large one cent-1908
United States small one cent-1909
Canada large one cent-1910
United states small one cent-1911
Canada large one cent-1911
Canada large one cent-1911
Canada large one cent-1912
Canada large one cent-1912
British large half penny-1912
United States small one cent-1913
Canada large one cent-1913
Canada large one cent-1913
Canada large one cent-1914
Canada large one cent-1914
British large half penny-1914
Canada large one cent-1916
France large five centimes-1917
Canada large one cent-1917
Canada large one cent-1917
Canada large one cent-1917
Canada large one cent-1917
Canada large one cent-1918
Canada large one cent-1918
Canada large one cent-1918
Canada large one cent-1918
Canada large one cent-1918
Canada large one cent-1919
Canada large one cent-1919
United states small one cent-1919
United states small one cent-1920
United states small one cent-1920
Canada small one cent-1920
Canada small one cent-1921
Canada small one cent-1921
Canada small one cent-1921
United states small one cent-1923
United States small one cent-1927
Canada small one cent-1930
United states small one cent-1930
Canada small one cent-1933
Canada small one cent-1935
Canada small one cent-1936
British small three pence-1943
Austrian large 10 schilling-1981

~NICKEL~
United States five cent-1876
United states five cent-1885
Canada five cent-1922
Canada five cent-1929

~SILVER~
Spanish one real-1737
British six pence-1859
Canada ten cent-1871
CanadaTWENTY FIVE Cent-1871H
Canada TWENTY FIVE Cent-1887
Canada five cent-1893
Canada ten cent-1907
newfoundland five cent-1912
newfoundland five cent-1912
Canada five cent-1913
Canada ten cent-1916
Newfoundland five cent-1917
Canada five cent-1917
Canada ten cent-1918
Canada ten cent-1918
Canada ten cent-1929
newfoundland five cent-1929
Canada twenty five cent-1929
Canada twenty five cent-1929
Canada ten cent-1932
Canada twenty five cent-1936
newfoundland five cent-1938
newfoundland five cent-1938
Canada ten cent-1938
Canada ten cent-1939
Canada ten cent-1940
newfoundland five cent-1940
newfoundland five cent-1941
newfoundland five cent-1941
newfoundland five cent-1941
newfoundland five cent-1941
newfoundland five cent-1941
newfoundland five cent-1941
newfoundland five cent-1941
newfoundland five cent-1941
Canada twenty five cent-1941
newfoundland five cent-1942
Canada ten cent-1943
Canada ten cent-1943
Canada twenty five cent-1943
newfoundland five cent-1943
newfoundland five cent-1943
newfoundland five cent-1943
Canada fifty cent-1944
Canada ten cent-1944
Canada ten cent-1944
newfoundland five cent-1945
newfoundland five cent-1945
newfoundland five cent-1945
Canada ten cent-1946
Canada ten cent-1947
Canada twenty five cent-1948
Canada twenty five cent-1949
Canada ten cent-1951
Canada twenty five cent-1953
Canada ten cent-1954
Canada ten cent-1955
Canada ten cent-1957
Canada ten cent-1959
Canada ten cent-1959
German five mark-1960
Canada twenty five cent-1960
Canada ten cent-1960
Canada ten cent-1960
Canada ten cent-1960
Canada ten cent-1961
Canada ten cent-1962
Canada twenty five cent-1962
Canada twenty five cent-1962
Canada ten cent-1963
Canada twenty five cent-1964
Canada twenty five cent-1964
Canada ten cent-1965
Canada ten cent-1966
Canada twenty five cent-1965
Canada twenty five cent-1965
Canada twenty five cent-1966

!!!Wow!! That is one heck of a list, I'm VERY envious!!

Also, It's funny because at this time last year I was asking for advice on for finding my first large cent or colonial coin, I did not have anything old than 1904 at the time.

 

[BigWaveDave]

I was gonna chime in with a smart a$$ response, but then I saw Kiddos finds.....


By the way, 0/0

 

[K1DDO1979]

!!!Wow!! That is one heck of a list, I'm VERY envious!!

Also, It's funny because at this time last year I was asking for advice on for finding my first large cent or colonial coin, I did not have anything old than 1904 at the time.

There's lots of modern coins and stuff not added of coarse to the list and maybe some on there that didn't count in the question but for the good keeper oldies I'd say I'm lucky with close to around one silver for every two copper. But a lot of those virgin spots are gone so my ratio is sure to drop drastically unless I get working on more good spots! Haha

 

[Iron Patch]

I will start my list tonight. think it will be about 2,500 long.

 

[K1DDO1979]

I was gonna chime in with a smart a$$ response, but then I saw Kiddos finds.....


By the way, 0/0

For what little free time I get with work and family I'm happy with my coin list and other good finds I got but it's never enough to feed the detecting addiction! [emoji48]
I'm sure there's people on here that put my list to shame! Haha

 

[K1DDO1979]

I will start my list tonight. think it will be about 2,500 long.

That's one list I'd pay to see.
It's probably a little scary too! [emoji2]

 

[Iron Patch]

That's one list I'd pay to see.
It's probably a little scary too! [emoji2]

I'd actually like to see it too.... but way too much work.

 

[K1DDO1979]

I'd actually like to see it too.... but way too much work.

Even a top 25 list of your best coin
rarity/condition someday would be cool to see. God only knows what goodies you probably have tucked away! Haha

 

[Iron Patch]

Even a top 25 list of your best coin
rarity/condition someday would be cool to see. God only knows what goodies you probably have tucked away! Haha

Yeah I could likely do that, just would never be able to put them in order.

 

[K1DDO1979]

Yeah I could likely do that, just would never be able to put them in order.

No order needed. It would make a great thread I bet!

 

[pepperj]

What is your ratio of colonial coppers/large cents coins to colonial/early silver coins? So far I have not found any colonial silver but I have found a handful of colonial coppers. I'm just curious what your ratio of copper to silver is.

What's the date separation, meaning from this date to this date?

 

[FreeBirdTim]

The ratio is 2 to 1 for me. Six coppers (four LC's and two KG) and three 1/2 real silvers.