Looking for info on a coin I found today on the beach in NC. TIA!!

[dianediane]

 

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[xr7ator]

Looks like a cheap copy to me, but I'm no expert...far from it.

 

[Mackaydon]

I agree (about the cheap copy, not that xr7 isn't an expert).
Don in SoCal.

 

[pingdis]

Probably should have a numismatist, who is experienced in historical coins, take a look at it.

 

[villagenut]

These are tossed into the sand and surf just to fool the finder....which is often times a detectorist. Cheap copy, don't bother getting it checked IMHO

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Tourist souvenir (copy), the raised lip around the edge is a major red flag.

 

[smokeythecat]

I also agree on tourist souvenir. I found one once. It was a bummer.

 

[RatherBeDigging]

Yup plated pot metal. I found a tiny part of one on a beach in New Jersey. I remember when my aunt went to the outbanks when I was a kid she brought me back some treasure map with some replica cobs. Still have them in a little treasure chest along with a replica 1739 8 real.

 

[dianediane]

Yup plated pot metal. I found a tiny part of one on a beach in New Jersey. I remember when my aunt went to the outbanks when I was a kid she brought me back some treasure map with some replica cobs. Still have them in a little treasure chest along with a replica 1739 8 real.

Thanks! That is a nice story. Somehow people throwing them in the ocean just to possibly fool someone decades later, but likely never, didn’t compute. But I can totally see kids dropping or burying them in the sand. Now I just need to find a chestful! We’re in Topsail, maybe it washed down here from OB.

 

[ModernMiner]

Thanks! That is a nice story. Somehow people throwing them in the ocean just to possibly fool someone decades later, but likely never, didn’t compute. But I can totally see kids dropping or burying them in the sand. Now I just need to find a chestful! We’re in Topsail, maybe it washed down here from OB.

Thanks for the post DD.
I would have soiled myself if I found that.
MM

 

[Digger RJ]

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Nice!!! Congrats!!!