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  1. #1
    us
    Jun 2008
    Fisher F75 / Ace 250/ ATPro
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    Tiny Silver coin..what kind??

    I dug this coin over looking a waterfall on a creek yesterday. The area is very old in Mississippi. This coin is a dime or just a shade under dime size. Weighs 1.3 grams and is so thin I didn't think it was a coin. It is silver. Just not sure if it could be Spanish, Native American or American Help.!! Thanks.



  2. #2
    ca
    Jun 2009
    Lower Canada
    BountyHunter fast tracker
    423
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting
    Banner Finds (1)

    Re: Tiny Silver coin..what kind??

    Could be early Canadian nickel - tiny little things.
    http://www.helium.com/items/1334811-...-nickels/print
    but, more likely a half dime - from coinfacts.com "Seated Liberty half dimes of 1853 to 1855 display arrow heads at the date to indicate the coins were struck of the reduced weight of 1.24 grams (or 19.2 grains. Earlier half dimes have a weight of 1.34 grams.) of .900 fine silver. The arrow heads were dropped as a design element beginning in 1856 although no further weight change took place in the denomination."

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    Re: Tiny Silver coin..what kind??

    Its a completely worn silver coin, but not sure if its Spanish or
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  4. #4
    us
    Sep 2008
    Greensburg, PA
    DFX
    376

    Re: Tiny Silver coin..what kind??

    Half reales are the diameter of a dime without the rim, and about half as thin. That's my bet.
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  5. #5
    us
    May 2010
    South Jersey
    Whites DFX, MXT
    696
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    All Types Of Treasure Hunting
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    Re: Tiny Silver coin..what kind??

    Are my eyes playing tricks on me or is that a date of 1721 at 1:00 clock, 2nd pic... Arty
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  6. #6
    us
    Jun 2008
    Fisher F75 / Ace 250/ ATPro
    1,236
    4 times
    Banner Finds (1)

    Re: Tiny Silver coin..what kind??

    The coin is the diameter of a dime without the rim.


  7. #7
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    us
    May 2008
    S.E. Michigan
    Etrac, Explorer XS II, Fisher 1266-X
    3,341
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    metal detecting, fishing, photography

    Re: Tiny Silver coin..what kind??

    Could be US half dime, and that's where the term "one thin dime" came from. they wee made thin.....NGE
    Exposure to the Son prevents burning

  8. #8
    us
    Jun 2008
    Fisher F75 / Ace 250/ ATPro
    1,236
    4 times
    Banner Finds (1)

    Re: Tiny Silver coin..what kind??



    This thing is paper thin.

  9. #9
    us
    Sep 2008
    Greensburg, PA
    DFX
    376

    Re: Tiny Silver coin..what kind??

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