Coin?

[Garabaldi]

Is this a coin or a blank?

 

[baspinall]

I'm thinking they are coins for sure. Buttttt they are seriously worn. Still a good find. Some call the worn ones cookies Stay in that area you are bound to find more with some sort of detail.

Brian

 

[Don in SJ]

Now this one is a coin, the bent one, still leaning towards it being a button.

Don

 

[Garabaldi]

Cool. This is the area I found the 1655 Colonial Spanish Cob, 1 Real.

 

[Iron Patch]

Cool. This is the area I found the 1655 Colonial Spanish Cob, 1 Real.

Looks good. I bought a labeler years ago and still haven't got around to doing my coins.

PS... You can get even a step better if you lose the staples by using the self-adhesive 2x2s.

 

[Garabaldi]

If it was a British coin, any idea on the date?
Good suggestion Ironpatch, didn't no they made them.

 

[Don in SJ]

Large coppers worn smooth, thick like that and not pitted are usually a William III Halfpenny, ther Reverses for the most part on most found will be smooth and blank and the Obverse if it has any detail left at all will have some of the GV letters showing and the telltale Ribbons and partial outline of the rear of the bust. That is just how they wear, so when a blank is found that is found in an area associated with other colonial relics, I measure the diameter and weight in grains or grams and can usually make a good assumption that it is a William III instead of a KGII or KGIII Halfpenny.

Don

I tried the self adhesive 2x2s but found that I take my coins out occasionally for photos or other reasons and you have to ruin those self adhesive ones to do so but not so with a stapled one.

 

[traderoftreasures]

first picture looks faintly like it has writing on it.

 

[Garabaldi]

I keep looking and see nothing.

 

[jimbob450]

Why does this look like the last post under "Coin"?

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Another nice find!

What state are you located in Garabaldi?

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Don't look too hard guy's You'll start seeing all kinds of crap! There is no writing on that coin....Any more

 

[Garabaldi]

I'm from Mass.

Large coppers worn smooth, thick like that and not pitted are usually a William III Halfpenny, I measure the diameter and weight in grains or grams and can usually make a good assumption that it is a William III instead of a KGII or KGIII Halfpenny.

I measured the coin and it is 1 1/8" in diameter. I do not have a scale, so not sure how much it weights, Does anyone know teh diameter of a William III Halfpenny?

 

[Don in SJ]

Here is weight data on most of my William III Halfpence. Most measure around 27.7mm to a 28.6mm in worn condition. A 1 1/8 (roughly 28.5mm )measurement The tell all would be weight, with a copper that size and thickness my feeling is if it would fall within the parameters of the weights of mine, especially the well worn ones I have than a stronger possibility it is a William copper, but if much lighter, than a KGIII counterfeit.

125 grains =8.1 grams(low end) 155 grains = 10 grams(High end) ( a small postal scale would measure grams, there are conversion programs on the web, but if your worn out copper falls between 8-10 grams, then we could eliminate a KGIII worn out copper)

1694 William& Mary 125.9 gns
1694 William & Mary 124.2 gns
1695 William III 154.4 gns
1697 William III 132.4 gns
1699 William III 132.3 gns
ND William III 104.9 gns (counterfeit?)
ND William III 124.2 gns
ND William III 133.8 gns
ND William III 130.8 gns
ND William III 125.8 gns
ND William III 134.6 gns
ND William III 148.1 gns
ND William III 151.8 gns
ND William III 137.0 gns
ND William III 73.5 gns (Cut in Half)
ND William III 131.9 gns
ND William III 125.7 gns
ND William III 145.4 gns
ND William III 110.5 gns(counterfeit?)

Don

 

[Garabaldi]

I have to pick up a scale. Even though this coin is totally smooth with no marks, I still love it. If It is a King Williams III halfpenny, i would love it that much more. Does anyone know the dates of the Williams III coins were minted?
Thanks for the info Don, could you post an image of one of your worn King Williams?
G

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

1695-1701 for the Wm III Halfpenny. Here is the one I dug last year before and after cleaning.

 

[Garabaldi]

Thank you Neil.

 

[Don in SJ]

Here are some of my file photos of some of my William IIIs.

 

[Iron Patch]

Here are some of my file photos of some of my William IIIs.

You should set your detector up a few grades.

I only have two I can ID as William III and both just sit in the pile mixed in with the crustys.

 

[Don in SJ]

Here are some of my file photos of some of my William IIIs.

You should set your detector up a few grades.

I only have two I can ID as William III and both just sit in the pile mixed in with the crustys.

Since the vast majority of sites that are hunted date Rev War or later (into the early 1800's) the poor ole William coppers have been circulating for a long time and thus by far the vast majority found are almost entirely worn out. But as I have said on other posts, for the most part, the wear pattern on the coin is pretty standard. The Reverse will wear smooth first and the Obverse right side wears down and usually the last vestigage of ID left are the ribbons and or a faint outline of the back side of the bust.