My yard coughs up another- large cent?

[PowerDubs]

Quarter for scale. This will be my second unidentifiable what I think is a large cent in the last few weeks. Going to try to clean it now.


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[Retired Fire]

Nice, That is one big coin!

 

[PowerDubs]

Sorry, not sure what it is. Pretty toasted- but if you look, I think I see a guy looking to the right, with a bow at the back of his neck, and a big nose!

Could this be colonial? I live in a very
old town and Washington's Army marched by about a 1/4 mile away according to landmark signs. I have found a 1775 British half cent in my yard.

When comparing this and the other unidentifiable coin I found to my readily identifiable large cent, both of these- what I thought were large cents are much thinner and also both in much worse shape which could mean older?...




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[PowerDubs]

Forgot- also found a tiny button-


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[Professor of Engineering]

Nice old copper recovery!

 

[PowerDubs]

Found it online- and now that I know where to look, I can get close on the date as well- it is a 178x half penny. I can see the 8 under where the lady with the staff is sitting on the backside.

2nd oldest identifiable coin for me.

I bet my other completely toasted one is also a half penny.

 

[Scrappy]

Found it online- and now that I know where to look, I can get close on the date as well- it is a 178x half penny. I can see the 8 under where the lady with the staff is sitting on the backside.

2nd oldest identifiable coin for me.

I bet my other completely toasted one is also a half penny.

Yep that looks about right to me. Very good

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the old copper and button

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice !