Massachusetts Find - Unidentified Coin on 1683 Property

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Hi all,

Did a bit of detecting today. Found a couple of small silver buttons (duplicates of ones we already have), a neat old padlock (not too exciting--iron), and this unidentified coin. Okay, so I know some folks say not to clean them, but...there were NO marks at all visible, no silhouette, nothing. So...I attempted some cleaning. Rubbed with a little oil and wood skewers. Here's what we got. Not much to go on, I know, but John and I think we see the number 26 at the bottom of the back. And what do you all think of that interesting punch mark? Thanks, Lisa & John
 

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Ahab8

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Well there's def some lettering around the outside edge. I think we may be able to figure this out. I will look when I get home on my tv screen. We will figure it out
 

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You may have a Connecticut copper there. If I am seeing ONN. I will look into it later. Celebrating my 40th with some sushi tonight. Man I'm excited about your site. It's anazing
 

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I agree with Abe. Looks like it says Connec there on the right side of the coin. Nice find. :thumbsup:
 

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Doubt these will help much, but felt like dinking around... definitely an N ... maybe an S or 5. Other side nada.

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This is obviously a very tough one to ID but I def would say a Connecticut copper which dates from 1785-1788. Very impressed with the variety of coins and buttons you have recovered so far. There's going to be some real stunners that come to light. Can't wait to see them
 

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btjbtj

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Hey Beep, pretty cool what you did with the photos. Thanks for taking the time and sharing them. It almost looks like you can see a face on there. I'm working on a bunch more coins that we can't identify any letters or shapes. Going to clean them lightly and see what I can uncover. Will be posting tomorrow. Thanks! Lisa & JohnQUOTE=The Beep Goes On;5110158]Doubt these will help much, but felt like dinking around... definitely an N ... maybe an S or 5. Other side nada.

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NEEET WHATEVER IT IS ...
 

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Hey Beep, pretty cool what you did with the photos. Thanks for taking the time and sharing them. It almost looks like you can see a face on there. I'm working on a bunch more coins that we can't identify any letters or shapes. Going to clean them lightly and see what I can uncover. Will be posting tomorrow. Thanks! Lisa & John

Thanks Lisa & John!

You can download "GIMP 2.8.18" - really good freeware image manipulation program. The pics were just from fiddling with Filters -> Edge-Detection - GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program (takes a while to get used to)

I see what you mean about the potential "face"...

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btjbtj

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So cool, Beep. Thanks!! L&J
QUOTE=The Beep Goes On;5110636]Thanks Lisa & John!

You can download "GIMP 2.8.18" - really good freeware image manipulation program. The pics were just from fiddling with Filters -> Edge-Detection - GIMP - GNU Image Manipulation Program (takes a while to get used to)

I see what you mean about the potential "face"...

HH!
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