CIVIL WAR HALFCROWN

[CRUSADER]

The oilseed rape & barley harvest has begun.

....but we needed to finish the 10 acre grind field & that's what we did in just less than 2 hours. It produced 3 spectacle buckles & a few buttons.

After lunch we managed another 1 hour in a nearby field in the near 30 heat.

My best find was my first hammered Halfcrown (only got 1 other that Cru'Dad found) of Charles I. Civil war period, 1643-44 minted in York. Shame its broken but I'll take it.

 

[Silver Searcher]

There's something you don't see every day ,is it debased

SS

 

[Davers]

Super nice find Cru, Do the bullets happen to be Enfeild types?
Hard for me to tell size in the pictures.
Thanks

 

[DownNDirty]

This is how it's been in my neck of the woods for about the past month. Still gotta press on

 

[CRUSADER]

Super nice find Cru, Do the bullets happen to be Enfeild types?
Hard for me to tell size in the pictures.
Thanks

Sorry, no idea, the bullets are pretty small.

 

[CRUSADER]

There's something you don't see every day ,is it debased

SS

Yes, its bebased & there were lots of counterfeits of these, but I accidently dropped it in the sink & it sounded more silver than base metal. Most fakes were plated or not as high silver content. So a kind of halfway house.

Civil War would make them skimp on the silver I would think.

 

[romeo-1]

Broken or not...that's a beauty!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Great relic hunt!

 

[Silver Tree Chaser]

Crusader: What's your thoughts on the half-crown's cut. Was is cut to make change or did it come from a plow strike? I'm researching the recovery of some small, thin, hammered silver coins dating from the late 17th century that have been found on the East Coast in the U.S. Most of the coins have been found in New England and consist of fragments. I assumed that the coins were susceptible to plow damage because of the thin planchets for the coins or a particular purity of silver content. Most of the fragmented coins appear to have a jagged edge likely resulting from a plow strike, but half on one coin with a slightly jagged edge was found in a coin spill pocket. It was definitely cut to make change. It's edge was only slightly jagged. How can you tell if a coin was cut or simply damaged from plowing? Thank you.

 

[CRUSADER]

Crusader: What's your thoughts on the half-crown's cut. Was is cut to make change or did it come from a plow strike? I'm researching the recovery of some small, thin, hammered silver coins dating from the late 17th century that have been found on the East Coast in the U.S. Most of the coins have been found in New England and consist of fragments. I assumed that the coins were susceptible to plow damage because of the thin planchets for the coins or a particular purity of silver content. Most of the fragmented coins appear to have a jagged edge likely resulting from a plow strike, but half on one coin with a slightly jagged edge was found in a coin spill pocket. It was definitely cut to make change. It's edge was only slightly jagged. How can you tell if a coin was cut or simply damaged from plowing? Thank you.

This is a break, not a cut, how it got broken is speculation, but plough is very likely.(Will search for the other half in later years, got other priorities right now) Also, I have never seen these large denominations ever cut in the UK. No need to make change in the highest levels of society.