William IV Groat 1836/37 and a Seven-Sided George V Halfpenny?!?!?!?!

[DavidBeard]

I have been allowed to go on a 30-acre newly set wheat field by a very nice farmer up until the wheat started to germinate - so in between all the very wet days and very early nights I managed a few afternoons totalling in about 10 hours in all - Almost half of it covered.
One bit of silver found was this very smooth William IV Groat - 1836 or 1837 (date illegible):



Also found was this Victoria Commemorative coin "TO COMMEMORATE LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE NEW INFIRMARY DERBY BY HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA MAY 21st 1891":



Now then..... I knew that the British Fifty-pence piece was the World's first ever seven-sided coin, so you can imagine that I was slightly baffled when I dug up an old seven-sided copper coin! "Must be some kind of token" I thought, "I've seen square ones, 'Crusader' will know..." It was only after cleaning the thing back home that I realised it was a George V Halfpenny - was this just done for the fun of it, some geometrical frustration or did this guy have a premonition of the shape of coins to come?



The dig also provided a very worn George II Halfpenny:



A George III 1797 Penny:



And a handful of other copper coins through to George VI:



A well-mangled fine silver Teaspoon with the initials 'D. T.':



Buckles and Musket Balls:



And a few buttons, bullets and an unusually-shaped key:



This wheat will be cut early so perhaps I can get the rest of the field finished in July 2010.
Best wishes.
David 8)

 

[DavidBeard]

...Did you clean those buckles and if so how? They look great....

Nothing much, just an old tooth brush, bicarb of soda and water, drying completely, soaking overnight in olive oil and rubbing with a dry cloth.
Putting some more up in the next half hour.
Best wishes. 8)

 

[CRUSADER]

Now then..... icon_scratch I knew that the British Fifty-pence piece was the World's first ever seven-sided coin, so you can imagine that I was slightly baffled when I dug up an old seven-sided copper coin! "Must be some kind of token" I thought, "I've seen square ones, 'Crusader' will know..." It was only after cleaning the thing back home that I realised it was a George V Halfpenny - was this just done for the fun of it, some geometrical frustration or did this guy have a premonition of the shape of coins to come?

Lots of things I don't know, this is just another You can see a square nail hole & a fair amount of effort making it that shape, so probably used it as a repair to a missing part (quicker/cheaper than buying one). Its a total guess, could be a bored person

 

[Des from down under]

FANTASTIC FINDS.DAVE..HEH, THE TEASPOON BELONGED TO DICK TURPIN..LOL

 

[DavidBeard]

...THE TEASPOON BELONGED TO DICK TURPIN..LOL...

And after him 'Dylan Thomas'!
The farmer knows of no one in his predecessors with those initials though.

 

[CRUSADER]

...THE TEASPOON BELONGED TO DICK TURPIN..LOL...

And after him 'Dylan Thomas'!
The farmer knows of no one in his predecessors with those initials though.

He would need a good memory, I think its late Georgian.