Did halfdime find a Colonial copper?

halfdime · Mar 26, 2008

I was asked yesterday to search a yard in a 200+ year old community for a man's wedding ring, lost in an Easter egg hunt on Sunday. I spent 2.5 hours there yesterday and another two this morning and didn't find the ring. Late this morning, I got a strong quarter signal, four inches deep, so I checked it out. What I found was this disk, a little larger than a quarter, with very little discernible detail left to it. As near as I can tell, it might be a Colonial copper, but I'm no expert. If this is what I think it is, it's my first. I don't know if these pictures will be of any use, but we'll try. I'm heading out to the silver farm now to try my luck for the afternoon.

Ed-NH · Mar 26, 2008

Looking at your picture of both, the old copper on the right looks like a King George. When I looked close I can see the figure as well as the horizontal line down towards the bottom where the date would be just below it. Just my two cents....

allen · Mar 26, 2008

looks like a coin to me...

Evolution · Mar 26, 2008

I agree that the pic with the quarter included for size looks to be the reverse of A KG. I really cant see any detail on the other side. Congrats on the colonial! :thumbsup:

However, there are several other coins that also had a reverse that looked like that. Some Vermont coppers had it, some Connecticut coppers had it. So the King George ID is just a guess. I still think its colonial.

JerV3 · Mar 26, 2008

Nice find,

I would have to agree looks like a King George. I can almost see the faint traces of the lady on the back. Good going man. Think you can hunt more of the yard.

HH Jer

CRUSADER · Mar 26, 2008

i may have had a couple of them :wink:

l.cutler · Mar 26, 2008

Don't forget, Connecticut, Vermont and Nova Eborac coppers also have the same basic seated figure as the King George coppers.

Don in SJ · Mar 26, 2008

l.cutler said:
Don't forget, Connecticut, Vermont and Nova Eborac coppers also have the same basic seated figure as the King George coppers.

Odds on favorite - counterfeit King George III.

Nova Eborac coins are rarely ever found and Vermont's not found too often and CT is a possibility but go with the odds. ::)

Actually, try very hard to see if you can see any letters at all, even one letter in the right location might make ID'ing it more possible, otherwise just a guess. Try chalk, tracings, aluminum foil trace, pencil trace, more photos with different lighting an angles, sometimes it might make a difference.

Don