Woods Hibernia half penny

[Mduece]

Found this coin today in an old field dating way back. Started out as as a jumpy low tone on my AT Pro. When I dug the plug tones were still jumpy. I actually almost kicked the plug back over and quite on it but decided to pinpoint the hole and found this coin. (Double checked the hole and had iron in it which confirmed why signal was so jumpy) I was thinking it might be a king George but wasn't sure. Posted it here on what is it and got a couple of responses that it was probably an early 1700's Hibernia half penny. I have to agree with that after seeing pics of it. First pic is with no cleaning. Second is after a couple hours in olive oil. Big thanks to the members who weighed in and pointed me in the right direction. Thanks for looking

 

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[Mduece]

Good pic of a Hibernia half cent for comparison

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[cjon455]

Nice hibernia! , toasty or not still very cool

 

[hogge]

Coin would have come out better with a couple minutes in heated peroxide. Forget that now! After the peroxide, you could have coated it with olive oil, or Vaseline, which enhances detail. You can let it re-soak in olive oil for a few days, and try to rub the coin, which will take the active pcv off. Too much like work now. Coin looks like it still has decent detail. The peroxide won't work now because of the oil. Too bad,or should I say bad advice.

 

[Mduece]

Thanks Casper and cjon. Hogge, I am admittedly still an amateur at this stuff. I've done the peroxide before and was afraid with this coin that it would have removed the layer that had detail so just went with the olive oil. I appreciate the advice for next time though thanks. I'm able to see the harp on the right side now so thinking it's either 1723 or 1724.

 

[hogge]

As long as you take it slow , and not heat the peroxide up to a boil, coppers should come out pretty good. The one I just found was almost flat to look at. Yours would have come out much nicer. Even though mine was slightly pitted, there were still some good details in it under all the crud. Enough to ID it anyways. Good Luck Hogge

 

[46Wheat]

Nice digs . Thanks for sharing the story and the pictures with us