A Visit to the French West Indies

[Silvermonkey]

Good Afternoon T-Netters-
I was able to get out yesterday afternoon for a quick hunt in some local woods that have produced some Colonial era finds in the past. I wasn't expecting much, but you never know. After about 2 hours, I called it a day. I was happy to find a very slick large copper, a flat button, and what what I thought was another flat button. The second "button" was odd in that there was no evidence of a shank, and it featured a crown emblem over a letter "C".



I was very puzzled by this second "button". It was quite thin, weighing only 1.4 g, with a diameter of about 22 mm. After a fruitless search on Google, I posted a picture of it in the " What is it" forum.



A huge " Thank you" to DCMatt who came up with a positive ID. Turned out that my "button" was a French West Indies 2 Sols coin. These were minted between 1779-1797. Needless to say, I'm more than thrilled.



Thanks for taking a look! HH

 

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[ironhorse]

What a neat find!
I would have thought button myself, had I found it I probably would have exhausted hours searching buttons for a match.
Well done Matt on the id!
Cool stuff!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

A 1700's French Indies coin found in New England - how cool is that - congrats !

 

[Digger RJ]

Good Afternoon T-Netters-
I was able to get out yesterday afternoon for a quick hunt in some local woods that have produced some Colonial era finds in the past. I wasn't expecting much, but you never know. After about 2 hours, I called it a day. I was happy to find a very slick large copper, a flat button, and what what I thought was another flat button. The second "button" was odd in that there was no evidence of a shank, and it featured a crown emblem over a letter "C".

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I was very puzzled by this second "button". It was quite thin, weighing only 1.4 g, with a diameter of about 22 mm. After a fruitless search on Google, I posted a picture of it in the " What is it" forum.

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A huge " Thank you" to DCMatt who came up with a positive ID. Turned out that my "button" was a French West Indies 2 Sols coin. These were minted between 1779-1797. Needless to say, I'm more than thrilled.

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Thanks for taking a look! HH

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Hunk-a-lead]

Good Afternoon T-Netters-
I was able to get out yesterday afternoon for a quick hunt in some local woods that have produced some Colonial era finds in the past. I wasn't expecting much, but you never know. After about 2 hours, I called it a day. I was happy to find a very slick large copper, a flat button, and what what I thought was another flat button. The second "button" was odd in that there was no evidence of a shank, and it featured a crown emblem over a letter "C".

View attachment 2175575 View attachment 2175576 View attachment 2175577

I was very puzzled by this second "button". It was quite thin, weighing only 1.4 g, with a diameter of about 22 mm. After a fruitless search on Google, I posted a picture of it in the " What is it" forum.

View attachment 2175580View attachment 2175581

A huge " Thank you" to DCMatt who came up with a positive ID. Turned out that my "button" was a French West Indies 2 Sols coin. These were minted between 1779-1797. Needless to say, I'm more than thrilled.

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Thanks for taking a look! HH

really cool coin and saves, wtg man

 

[lenmac65]

Great find. I love seeing dug examples of the various foreign coins that were in circulation during our country’s early years. How about that “What is it Forum”? What a great resource. Hats off to DC Matt for the ID. Congrats!

 

[oldmxrat]

Wow, you just never know what going to pop up next, congrats!