Found some old copper, ID requested

[Xraywolf]

Was pretty geeked about this at first, but it appears to be Canadian or British.
Should be a no brainer for someone with foreign, or non USA shall I say, experience with coins.

Has a female portrait on the obverse, reverse a seated figure, no date or lettering visible.
Found the aluminum 6 or 9 token in the same vicinity.

 

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[ivan salis]

british penny --queen victoria mature head was 1874 to 1894--brittannia on rear --date on rear on bottom looks like a 7 on the end -- so if a mature head front with a "'7" in the date on the rear-- 1877*,1887 *-

if a young head --the dating on the started in rear in 1860 thru 1874 --so if a young head front with a 7 on the rear -- it has to be 1867*

so one of those 3 dates -- 1867,1877, or 1887

 

[BandB1]

Sweet find, is that Britania on the reverse? Congrats!


Good luck,
HH.

 

[Xraywolf]

Yeah you're right, there is a 7.

And if anyone can see any lettering, your eyes are better than mine, though I can make out some faint impressions around the head area.

 

[Mackaydon]

New, the obverse would have looked more like this:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yYfMZMux6.../3Jc5wslo_NY/s1600-h/IMG_1181_7_1adgusted.JPG

 

[seger98]

Cool find!

 

[allen]

good job on that oldie !!!

 

[dfx willy]

yep british copper ya got there!! your avatar! looks like teddy needs a drink willy

 

[sscindercoop]

Nice finds

 

[Xraywolf]

Old Teddy has never been known to refuse a drink thats for sure

 

[CRUSADER]

british penny --queen victoria mature head was 1874 to 1894--brittannia on rear --date on rear on bottom looks like a 7 on the end -- so if a mature head front with a "'7" in the date on the rear-- 1877*,1887 *-

if a young head --the dating on the started in rear in 1860 thru 1874 --so if a young head front with a 7 on the rear -- it has to be 1867*

so one of those 3 dates -- 1867,1877, or 1887

As you say a Penny of either 1867,1877, or 1887

 

[ivan salis]

crusader should know what it is being british , sure hes seen quite a few of em.

 

[CRUSADER]

crusader should know what it is being british , sure hes seen quite a few of em.

just a few over the years, worth there weight in copper

 

[ivan salis]

the big pennies were 1 oz were they not? -- yhus they could be used for "rough" weighing 16 to the pound --and nails were called so many penny weight as a form of measure

 

[phantomfinder]

Very nice finds , WTG

 

[Evan/tn]

that copper has been if a few pocket's throughout the years!
nice find

 

[CRUSADER]

that copper has been if a few pocket's throughout the years!
nice find

True, very likely to have been lost in the 1950s.