Check out the patina on this King George III copper

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Now that's NICE! Congrats!
 

You don’t find them that way very often. Nice deep relief and beautiful patina. Feels damn good when a copper comes out in amazing condition. Well done on that site
 

Great coin Toasted she's a beauty. One of those is on my bucket list
 

Nice looking old copper, congrats! :occasion14:
 

Toasted: That is lovely coin with beautiful patina. Can we see the reverse, or is it too crunchy? Congrats!
 

I rarely find coppers that well preserved
The soil here is so acidic !
That’s a good looking kg. Hh gl
 

I'm thinking Counterfeit but a really nice example!
 

I'm thinking Counterfeit but a really nice example!

Yeah, I think most KG IIIs found in the States are counterfeit and I dont find many KG IIIs but this one is nicer looking than even all the KG IIs Ive found over the years. The back is completely toasted though oddly enough
 

I rarely find coppers that well preserved
The soil here is so acidic !
That’s a good looking kg. Hh gl


Thanks, My soil is pretty bad too and the fertilizer in the fields makes them even worse so I dont usually get excited for colonial coppers anymore but this one gave me reason to celebrate
 

What a treat. Unfortunately that one is the exception instead of the norm since we dig so many crusty coppers.
 

Really nice find! Congrats! Beware on that patina! I recently found a CT copper and I noticed a small spec of corrosion and I tried to chip it off and it was like unraveling a sweater. I decided to scrape the rest of it off because it just made it look like a mess. It ended up still looking great under the patina... but it would have looked better if it retained it. I like to think it was out of my control.
 

Nice copper indeed! Well done.
 

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