beat my oldest coin by one year

[collector01]

I hunted for 25 minutes on my lunch break the other day and found a KGIII 1774 copper its my oldest coin now beating my half real by 1 year. On my way home I hunted for an hour and got my first half dime a 1830 and I think a 1 reale but they were both burnt in a fire I also got a musket ball a small buckle and two flat buttons, not to bad for less than two hours. I also found a new site near a chicken house that has gave me five buttons and lots of pipes stems one with a date of 1787 on it so hope it will give up some coins soon. HH!!

 

[romeo-1]

Can you give us a close up...looks like it's in great shape! Nicely done!

 

[collector01]

 

[collector01]

 

[hogge]

Would really like to see obverse and reverse in closeup. Congrats.........Hogge

 

[Narthoniel]

Wow, what a great bunch of finds! I dream of draped bust, and any 18th century coin is a great find. Way to go!

 

[pepperj]

Fine looking copper

 

[romeo-1]

Great looking coin!

 

[creeper71]

I'm thinking this is a Counterfeit( good news for you if it is)... Do you have a scale ? what is the weight of this coin? either in grams or Grains....

 

[Don in SJ]

A very nice example of a contemporary counterfeit!

Don

 

[civilman1]

Excellent find's Collector.....Eastern Shore is Rockin'

 

[kdismuke1]

GREAT FINDS.BEST OF LUCK.

 

[Michigan Fats]

good ole copper bud
MF

 

[creeper71]

A very nice example of a contemporary counterfeit!

Don

Don can you explain what this means? is it newer then late 1700's?

 

[coltdavis]

awesome finds! congrats on a new oldest

 

[Don in SJ]

A very nice example of a contemporary counterfeit!

Don

Don can you explain what this means? is it newer then late 1700's?

My way of saying it is an ordinary counterfeit of the period. Not a Machins Mills copper and not a Regal.

Here is one defintion from googling, not necessarily applying to all counterfeits as far as base metal made but the part about made to pass for face value at the time of its creation is.....

What is a contemporary counterfeit?

A coin, usually from a base metal, which was struck from crudely engraved dies and made to pass for face value at the time of its creation.

 

[romeo-1]

My first impression upon looking at this coin was it was a counterfeit...but I didn't want to say so and look dumb if it wasn't ...

 

[pjroo33]

Great find.... very nice condition to boot!

 

[creeper71]

A very nice example of a contemporary counterfeit!

Don

Don can you explain what this means? is it newer then late 1700's?

My way of saying it is an ordinary counterfeit of the period. Not a Machins Mills copper and not a Regal.

Here is one defintion from googling, not necessarily applying to all counterfeits as far as base metal made but the part about made to pass for face value at the time of its creation is.....

What is a contemporary counterfeit?

A coin, usually from a base metal, which was struck from crudely engraved dies and made to pass for face value at the time of its creation.

alright Thank you for your reply Don, I'm still learning...lol

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice find, Collector. Love to find one of those