1697 William III coin

j.d. in the usa

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Hi guys well I was supposed to go hunting today but my son got sent home sick from school, so I decided to try and clean some of the coppers I found in Pa. before I left for missouri, I have over 50 coppers sitting in olive oil, many were unidentifiable, I used electrolosis on some today really didnt work out well :), I also have some I can see what they are but have now idea where from?? any ideas guys?
There was one coin I thought was a very worn u.s. half cent but after I got the crude off it turned out to be a 1697 william III coin my oldest DATED so far :) yeah baby!! jd
 

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j.d., I've cleaned thousands of bronze & silver ancient coins found by detectorists in Europe and mailed to me totally uncleaned. I no longer do this as the ancient coin market has gone so low that it's no longer worth it for me.

I think I've tried every cleaning method in the book and I invented a few myself.

I have never worked on coins of the type you show here. I may watch ebay and try to find some uncleaned to experiment on. I think I can clean them and make MOST of them look nice.

I enjoy experimenting with chemicals and methodologies.

Take care and happy hunting.
 

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JerV3

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Hey J.D. Those are some sick finds man. That is one old coin. We have alot of colonial stuff found around here. I haven't found any 1700's coppers yet. Most of my spots are mid 1800's and up. Hard to get the time with my kids to travel out of the city to were I know of some old spots. Good going man I love to see old stuff.

Good Luck Jeremy.
 

lonewolfe

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My guess on the one with the hole in it would be a "token" and not a coin (guess only) but a lot of old 1800s tokens had holes dead center.
 

JARMAN

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HOW AWESOME nice finds,I have yet to find such coins.Got to be some in East TN.the history is.HH
 

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