Old copper coin

Stoneworx · Sep 20, 2016

Went out yesterday in the rain. Found a shot bullet and this copper coin with a barely visible face. It looks like i can see the number 17 also the back is toast but i can see a face! I have found alot of colonial relics at this spot. Any id help is appreciated. The pic with the toothpick is sideways and pick is pointing at the nose

david680 · Sep 20, 2016

Congrats! Pictures don't show much, I can't see any details at all. Try olive oil for a few weeks.

trapperart · Sep 21, 2016

Congrats

Scrappy · Sep 21, 2016

Looks like a British copper to me. I believe I see Britannia.

DownNDirty · Sep 21, 2016

Looks like a King George II half penny; if I am seeing correctly the toothpick is pointing to his ear. Left-facing bust.

DownNDirty · Sep 21, 2016

But then again I may just be seeing things-kinda like seeing animal shapes in cloud formations. There's not much left of that coin to go by.

CRUSADER · Sep 22, 2016

Ok, its a British Halfpenny. Being slick you're going to get no more detail off that & if anything loss more. I'm going with Geo III.

Stoneworx · Sep 25, 2016

Thanks guys i know its tough to see from the pics. This va clay is not very nice to the coins. I found 2 smaller coins that were worse than this one a couple months ago. Thanks for the help yall!