Old Country Store Again ... How About A Large Cent?

[JimBeHuntin']

Haven't been able to hunt in two weeks so my buddy L J and I headed for the old country store site for a Sunday hunt. Along the way we stopped at several other sites that we have hunted in the past and got skunked. We got to the old store site about 1 pm and it was windy and cold but sunny. We didn't have the kind of day we've had in the past but we found a few nice coins and relics and had a great time. I found: my 3rd Large Cent (another no date or detail but exactly the right size and worn very thin), two buffalo nickles ( my first with readable dates- 1920 & 1921), a Harry Truman presidential token/coin which I thought was another LC when I first dug it (I was already stoked from finding the first LC and this token was my next dig), a lead seal of some sort, and some other bits and bobs. L J found two wheat cents, one IH no date in bad condition, and a few relic pieces as well. All in all it was a fun and finally a productive day ( the old store site saves the day again)! Thanks for looking and happy hunting to all ~ Jimmy

 

[lockman209]

very very nice

 

[cavers5]

Way to go!

Cavers5

 

[BuckleBoy]

I swear I think I can see a bust on that copper of yours...and it doesn't look like a LC bust. Maybe it's just the angle of the light. Are you able to attribute the type?

Either way, nice find! I got one once that was holed and absolutely smooth--with no trace of a bust on the coin. I still just count it as a dateless LC in my totals.

Regards,


Buckleboy

 

[stryker-one]

Very nice. Good for you.

Thank you for sharing.


Stryker

 

[bookfisher]

I swear I think I can see a bust on that copper of yours...and it doesn't look like a LC bust. Maybe it's just the angle of the light. Are you able to attribute the type?

Either way, nice find! I got one once that was holed and absolutely smooth--with no trace of a bust on the coin. I still just count it as a dateless LC in my totals.

Regards,


Buckleboy

I also see the bust and it sure looks like a King George II Copper to me!

 

[JimBeHuntin']

I swear I think I can see a bust on that copper of yours...and it doesn't look like a LC bust. Maybe it's just the angle of the light. Are you able to attribute the type?

Either way, nice find! I got one once that was holed and absolutely smooth--with no trace of a bust on the coin. I still just count it as a dateless LC in my totals.

Regards,


Buckleboy

Hey BB ... thanks for replying ... I too can see somewhat of a bust in the first photo and on the coin also but it is very faint. This coin is amazingly thin for a large copper ( I don't have much experience with large coppers ... this is only the 3rd one that I have found) ... One person on another site and one person on this site have both identified the bust on the coin as a possible King George II half penny ... I just don't know at this point ~ Jimmy

 

[JimBeHuntin']

I swear I think I can see a bust on that copper of yours...and it doesn't look like a LC bust. Maybe it's just the angle of the light. Are you able to attribute the type?

Either way, nice find! I got one once that was holed and absolutely smooth--with no trace of a bust on the coin. I still just count it as a dateless LC in my totals.

Regards,


Buckleboy

I also see the bust and it sure looks like a King George II Copper to me!

Hey Bookfisher ... thanks for the reply ... you and a member on another site have both suggested a King George II copper ... the coin is the same size as the other LCs I have found but much, much thinner ... unfortunately I know very little about the old large coppers ~ wishing for a King George II ~ Jimmy

 

[carolinachief]

Jim,

Great finds once again. Nice large cent for your third. It is much better than the 0 large cents I have found. Is the lead seal from Pinetown, NC? Hope you have a bunch more days like that one.

 

[Tectorman]

Way to GO!!! And to think I've been putting off hunting a old store because I know I'll have to dig tons of trash to get to the goodies,but not any more you have truly inspired me to stop procrastinating.Thanks for sharing,those are GREAT! finds JimBeHuntin'.

 

[BuckleBoy]

I swear I think I can see a bust on that copper of yours...and it doesn't look like a LC bust. Maybe it's just the angle of the light. Are you able to attribute the type?

Either way, nice find! I got one once that was holed and absolutely smooth--with no trace of a bust on the coin. I still just count it as a dateless LC in my totals.

Regards,


Buckleboy

Hey BB ... thanks for replying ... I too can see somewhat of a bust in the first photo and on the coin also but it is very faint. This coin is amazingly thin for a large copper ( I don't have much experience with large coppers ... this is only the 3rd one that I have found) ... One person on another site and one person on this site have both identified the bust on the coin as a possible King George II half penny ... I just don't know at this point ~ Jimmy

That's the direction I was leaning as well.


Nice find!

 

[happymikeyone]

wow jim those are very nice finds wtg
hh
mike

 

[BlackX]

]... the coin is the same size as the other LCs I have found...wishing for a King George II...

The site http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ is the best site I've found yet with info on colonials, including weights and diameters. The problem with trying to use it for identification purposes for coins too worn to read anything is that all the information is scattered around. (I'm still looking for some place that has a table of weights and diameters.) I was able to tentatively identify a very worn coin--the only colonial-era LC I've found so far--as a Hibernian cent from the weight and diameter. But there's always the tons of counterfeits that were produced too. At the least, you'll at least be able to compare the diameter to a KG II and see if it's the same and if the weight is within a reasonable range. To start, here's the root page on "British Coinage Circulating in the Colonies": http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinContents/Contents03.html. (There's another good site I've found for the broader category of British coinage but I can't find it at the moment.)

 

[Brendan M.]

Congrats! A nice day of diggin' for sure. WTG!!!

Cheers and HH,
Brendan

 

[Don in SJ]

I concur on it being a King George, sure looks like it to me. As far as thinness and weight, through that out the window, about 40% of King George II coppers that circulated here were counterfeit, meaning they were underweight and sometimes undersized.

Don

 

[Mirage]

Great stuff Jimmy. Too bad the LC isn't a little better looking but at least the Buffalo's had dates. Probably about 1 in 4 of my Buffalos have dates.

Token is sweet too.

Bob

 

[chong2]

i have one somewhat similar

 

[Evolution]

I agree with the others that I can see a bust facing left. King George II seems right to me. Count me in for one more vote on the K G II. Nice finds!!

 

[kieser sousa/rip]

Hey there Jim,Rip here.I'm looking at the copper and it looks like an S directly across from were the nose would be on the bust.I've been looking through the red book of US coins and on page78 there is a post colonial issue 1792 undated Washington born Virginia coin that looks similar and was the only one I could find that had an S in that spot.