112 year old...5 cent silver

lookindown · Mar 25, 2013

Found this while hunting a lot where an old house was torn down. Its smaller and thinner than a dime. When I saw the face on it , I said to myself that it was some kind of coin but when I turned it over and saw the chinese symbols, I said no, its junk. I thought it was a piece from a bracelet made out of a fake coin. When I got home and looked at it with my glasses and saw the reeded edge and the date, I realized it was a silver coin. I looked it up and found out that Hong Kong was a British Royal Colony in 1901 and it was minted at the Royal Mint. Now I have to go back and look for the rest of the bracelet because it may have hade more coins on it. I also got a 1961 Canadian penny and a 1941 wheat back.

N.J.THer · Mar 25, 2013

That is different...I've found Phillippines coins minted by the US which I guess is along the same lines as this. Mine were not silver...congrats.

NJ

hamiddetecting · Mar 25, 2013

Very Nice

Congratulations :icon_thumright:

Erik in NJ · Mar 25, 2013

In England last summer I found a 1900 silver Victoria six pence from another British colony -- Ceylon I believe, that was made into a brooch, but it featured the "old Victoria head." Nice find! I hope you can find more pieces of the bracelet.

vpnavy · Mar 25, 2013

Nice finds lookindown!

chiloquin · Mar 25, 2013

That is beautiful. Nice find :icon_thumright:

Silver Worm · Mar 25, 2013

That is definitely a keeper!

Argentium · Mar 25, 2013

Sweet find ! You just gotta go get the rest of it - 1901 was the last year of life and reign for Queen Victoria , Nice save !

texjim · Mar 25, 2013

don't see that coin everyday. good job

John Boy · Mar 25, 2013

Now that's cool there.yes go back there I'd say his buddies are there waiting.

Zodiacdiverdave · Mar 25, 2013

That's a really nice coin right there, very unique find in the US. When I was just a kid I remember my Mom having a braclet made from sivler dimes, I had forgoten all about it untill I saw your post. Thanks for bringing back some nice memories.
ZDD

lookindown · Mar 25, 2013

Zodiacdiverdave said:
That's a really nice coin right there, very unique find in the US. When I was just a kid I remember my Mom having a braclet made from sivler dimes, I had forgoten all about it untill I saw your post. Thanks for bringing back some nice memories.
ZDD

There was one posted here on T NET a couple of years ago that was made from seated dimes.

lookindown · Mar 26, 2013

Argentium said:
Sweet find ! You just gotta go get the rest of it - 1901 was the last year of life and reign for Queen Victoria , Nice save !

Yea, hope the rest of it is there...I didnt have much time to hunt and I left a few targets near that coin that pinpointed large and I thought they were cans...Im going back and digging everything.