Hoosier Digger
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US coin from mid 1800's
I thought this was a US large cent when I found it, but the back is wrong. The Liberty on the front looks like the large cents from 1839 to 1857; however, rather than having a wreath on the back, this coin has an eagle facing left and holding arrows. There does not appear to be a banner above the eagle's head. The coin measures 27 mm in diameter and is dark in color like a copper, but where my digger scratched it, you can see a brighter, goldish color. I cannot make out a date nor can I make out the denomination on the back. The coin is pretty much toast, but I would still love to know what I found. The back is very much like the 1831-1838 capped bust quarter, but the bust on the front does not match. The eagle is also similar to the half dollar in the first half of the 1800's, but the coin is too small. The dime and half dime each have a similar eagle but there is a banner above the eagle's head on those and they are smaller than 27 mm. The size is again right for a large cent after 1839, but there's that darn eagle. What am I missing? (I tried inverting the front image to make it a little easier to see. This didn't help at all for the opposite side. I also included an image of the eagle from a quarter which I think is a good match for what I'm seeing.)
I thought this was a US large cent when I found it, but the back is wrong. The Liberty on the front looks like the large cents from 1839 to 1857; however, rather than having a wreath on the back, this coin has an eagle facing left and holding arrows. There does not appear to be a banner above the eagle's head. The coin measures 27 mm in diameter and is dark in color like a copper, but where my digger scratched it, you can see a brighter, goldish color. I cannot make out a date nor can I make out the denomination on the back. The coin is pretty much toast, but I would still love to know what I found. The back is very much like the 1831-1838 capped bust quarter, but the bust on the front does not match. The eagle is also similar to the half dollar in the first half of the 1800's, but the coin is too small. The dime and half dime each have a similar eagle but there is a banner above the eagle's head on those and they are smaller than 27 mm. The size is again right for a large cent after 1839, but there's that darn eagle. What am I missing? (I tried inverting the front image to make it a little easier to see. This didn't help at all for the opposite side. I also included an image of the eagle from a quarter which I think is a good match for what I'm seeing.)
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