Coin?

Garabaldi · Sep 13, 2009

Is this a coin or a blank? :icon_scratch:

Garabaldi · Sep 16, 2009

Thank you Don.
Wow, you have found a lot of them. After looking at them, I am convinced that I have a King Williams III coin. They look just like the one I got. Thank you for posting them. I tried to get a scale today, but it was not precise enough. I bought a cheap one from a grocery store, but it would register a pen I tested it otu with. Does anyone have any suggestions on what kind of scale I should buy and where I should buy it? :dontknow:

turtlefoot13 · Sep 17, 2009

I couldn't tell you which scale to buy but I will tell you what I did to get a coin weight once. I went to my local Walgreens that has a compounding pharmacy and asked them to weight it. They weighed it and gave me a print out of the weight to four places after the decimal.

Doug

Woodland Detectors · Sep 17, 2009

Iron Patch said:
Don in SJ said:

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

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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.

agreed!

Garabaldi · Sep 17, 2009

Thank you Turtlefoot. :wink:

Garabaldi · Sep 17, 2009

Don,
The wieght of the coin is .2 oz= 87.5 grains. :icon_scratch:

What does this tell you? What coin could it be now?

West Jersey Detecting · Sep 17, 2009

turtlefoot13 said:
I couldn't tell you which scale to buy but I will tell you what I did to get a coin weight once. I went to my local Walgreens that has a compounding pharmacy and asked them to weight it. They weighed it and gave me a print out of the weight to four places after the decimal.

Doug

Doug,

I purchased a new digital scale from an eBay store for $15 with shipping. It has grams, grains (important for colonials and early US coins, ounces and Carats.