1700's King George I Farthing?
Hi All,
I decided to do a little detecting this past Friday evening. I had one house in mind and when I drove past the house they were having there lawn mowed. So I did plan B and five minutes down the road I was at the site where I have dug for Coppers this year. It was tough going since I was working a wooded area and not much to show for my efforts until I dug the flat button. I hunted some more and as it was getting dark I got a decent signal and dug down about 6 inches and out popped a smaller Copper then the other four. Well I just got it cleaned up today and it is kind of toasty, but you can see the right facing bust on the obverse and the reverse is much more toasty. What has me confused is it is smaller then a King George Half Penny, but yet bigger then what they say a farthing is suppose to be. It also weighs way more then the originals, therefore the question mark in my title. It's diameter is 25.4 mm in diameter and it weighs 8.8 grams. With this information I believe it is counterfeit, but then again they usually seemed to make counterfeits lighter to save on metal. Anyways thanks for reading and looking.
Bubba65
Hi All,
I decided to do a little detecting this past Friday evening. I had one house in mind and when I drove past the house they were having there lawn mowed. So I did plan B and five minutes down the road I was at the site where I have dug for Coppers this year. It was tough going since I was working a wooded area and not much to show for my efforts until I dug the flat button. I hunted some more and as it was getting dark I got a decent signal and dug down about 6 inches and out popped a smaller Copper then the other four. Well I just got it cleaned up today and it is kind of toasty, but you can see the right facing bust on the obverse and the reverse is much more toasty. What has me confused is it is smaller then a King George Half Penny, but yet bigger then what they say a farthing is suppose to be. It also weighs way more then the originals, therefore the question mark in my title. It's diameter is 25.4 mm in diameter and it weighs 8.8 grams. With this information I believe it is counterfeit, but then again they usually seemed to make counterfeits lighter to save on metal. Anyways thanks for reading and looking.
Bubba65
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