Coin ID - copper the size of a Large Cent, but not a LC

[brianc053]

Hi everyone. Can you please help identify this coin please? I found it today along with a different coin that I described here: The farm keeps giving - 1783 Hibernia maybe?

This coin has me stumped. I’ve spent the last hour searching images (on my phone since power is out) but I can’t figure it out.

Here’s what I see:
- on the obverse I think the face is looking right.
- on the obverse I can see a few letters on the left side of the head/bust
- on the reverse there’s a “band” a slight distance in from the edge that runs along the bottom and for sure up the left; the right is too corroded to tell. This “band” seems unique and isn’t something I recognize from coin reverses.
- on the bottom of the reverse there seems to be a straight line across, which again seems unusual.
- there are letters on the left of the reverse, maybe an “R”.
- it’s a tiny bit smaller than a Large Cent.

Any help/guesses are appreciated.

 

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[GeoW]

Think I see a Harp on the reverse.

 

[snaps]

Is it a King George II? I think I see the " lady in the wheelchair" on the back!

 

[villagenut]

Looks like a KG3...... maybe a half penny

 

[smokeythecat]

With that nose, I'd say a George I copper. George II faced left, George III right. The rim is also more in line with a George I. Nice going.

 

[brianc053]

Thanks all. I’ll look again in the morning in the daylight.
The other coin from today (in the other post) is a 1783 Hibernia halfpenny (the non-regal / contemporary counterfeit). I held them together and they were similar diameter but the 1783 was much thinner (a telltale sign of the counterfeit). Maybe that means this mystery coin is a “regal” (real) one.
The two coins were found 10 feet apart.

Edit: with Smokey’s guidance of a George I I looked up images of that coin and - yes I believe that’s what it is.
Thanks everyone! Wow what a day!!!

 

[snaps]

New counterfeit sucks but old counterfeit is cool!

 

[Fossils]

Definitely seems like a King George I. Here’s a picture of another King George I found on this sight. They both have bust facing right that is a bit smaller than other British coppers.

 

[CRUSADER]

With that nose, I'd say a George I copper. George II faced left, George III right. The rim is also more in line with a George I. Nice going.

Yeap Geo I halfpenny.