I think i got a good one today!

[tanz 82]

I was walking to my car when i got a strong pulltab ring and thought eh today was a bust so ill dig ! Good thing i did anyone know anything about british coins ? It would be nice to date it and the denomination thnx

 

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[bill from lachine]

tanz,

Your coin has some nice age....it's one of the early George's.....the writing should be latin "Georgus" with Roman numerals after....can you make out II, III or IV after the Georgus name? that'll help narrow it down.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[texjim]

Nice coin, i cant help you, sorry.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

A left facing bust would make it a KG2. British colonial coinage going back to at least the 1500s would change the bust to face in the opposite direction with each new monarch.

 

[tanz 82]

I dont see any numerals only georgus rex the back only says britania

 

[bill from lachine]

tanz,

Well I think Bill D nailed it on the ID of George 11 due to bust facing left....that would narrow the date down to his reign 1729 to 1754.

Try heating up some hydrogen peroxide is a glass jar in the microwave for about 15 seconds or so and drop the coin in and that should remove the surface crud enough to pick up some more details including possibly the date.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[Vino]

Like Bill said. Its KG11, the date is on the back under Britannia. 1729 to 59. Or something like that. IP, will nail within a few years.
Awesome find
Congrats

 

[Erik in NJ]

That coin should not have registered as a pulltab--you might want to recheck it with your machine. If it still comes up as pulltab, a possible counterfeit I imagine. BTW, it's a (or was meant to be a ) halfpenny.

 

[Meucci]

Nice find!

 

[ajaj]

That coin should not have registered as a pulltab--you might want to recheck it with your machine. If it still comes up as pulltab, a possible counterfeit I imagine. BTW, it's a (or was meant to be a ) halfpenny.

Nice find, and this is a good point. Depending upon depth, degree of corrosion/oxidation, etc., buried coins can give abnormal numbers; BUT, this KGII, when laying on the surface now, should ring up similar to an American quarter.

aj

 

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[Trezurehunter]

Nice British coin.

 

[tanz 82]

I will re- check it with my machine which is an M-6 . Also when i drop it on a table it doesn't sound like a coin more like a slug ??!!

 

[Don in SJ]

KGII Halfpence can have a wide range of readouts due to the ones that were counterfeited were cast and used much less copper, some are pewter/lead, but most are a mixture of copper and other base metals. KGIII Halfpence were for the most part struck, not cast and for those the counterfeiters basically used copper, but made sure the weight of the coin was at least 10% or more less in weight, that is how profit was made from counterfeiting. So weight of a KGII can and cannot be used to say counterfeit, since adding heavy metal like mixture of lead can bring the weight up close or even above Regal weight, but for KGIII, almost all counterfeits are underweight since they were struck, not cast and were for the most part copper like Regals, but much less of it, thus weight is a big factor in helping to determine counterfeit, but a KGIII can read rather high on any detector. Your KGII sounds like it is a counterfeit, of which 40% or so that circulated in this country were counterfeit. KGIII Halfpence are without a doubt over 90%+ counterfeit that we find.

 

[46Wheat]

Congrats on your KG