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[tndirtdigger]

I found this coin at a plantation near Charleston SC over the Christmas break and would like some opinions. The coin is very similar to a Guy II de La Roche Denier and that is the only thing similar that I can find. There are some differences but the cross and the small circles/crescent shapes on the back are a match. Let me know what you all think! I would love to believe my coin could be from the 1300s but to be found in America would be astonishing!

Also found the oval plate that is very similar to a revolutionary or 1812 cross belt plate. The back is lead filled and the words on the front read REYNOLDS on one side and CHARLESTON SC on the other side in cursive. There is also cursive writing on the middle but I cant make the name/words out. Some have suggested cross belt plate and another has suggested a trunk plate of some sort.

 

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[lenmac65]

Looks like this one …

 

[tndirtdigger]

Very nice ID!! That is the coin. Thanks for your help!!

 

[lenmac65]

Very nice ID!! That is the coin. Thanks for your help!!

You’re welcome. Congrats on a nice find, by the way. That seems like an unusual coin to dig; very interesting.

 

[JohnnyMac]

I found this coin at a plantation near Charleston SC over the Christmas break and would like some opinions. The coin is very similar to a Guy II de La Roche Denier and that is the only thing similar that I can find. There are some differences but the cross and the small circles/crescent shapes on the back are a match. Let me know what you all think! I would love to believe my coin could be from the 1300s but to be found in America would be astonishing!

Also found the oval plate that is very similar to a revolutionary or 1812 cross belt plate. The back is lead filled and the words on the front read REYNOLDS on one side and CHARLESTON SC on the other side in cursive. There is also cursive writing on the middle but I cant make the name/words out. Some have suggested cross belt plate and another has suggested a trunk plate of some sort.

Great find

 

[Digger RJ]

I found this coin at a plantation near Charleston SC over the Christmas break and would like some opinions. The coin is very similar to a Guy II de La Roche Denier and that is the only thing similar that I can find. There are some differences but the cross and the small circles/crescent shapes on the back are a match. Let me know what you all think! I would love to believe my coin could be from the 1300s but to be found in America would be astonishing!

Also found the oval plate that is very similar to a revolutionary or 1812 cross belt plate. The back is lead filled and the words on the front read REYNOLDS on one side and CHARLESTON SC on the other side in cursive. There is also cursive writing on the middle but I cant make the name/words out. Some have suggested cross belt plate and another has suggested a trunk plate of some sort.

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Digger RJ]

Looks like this one …View attachment 2063162

Nice ID!!!!

 

[Aureus]

Very cool and unusual find! Congratulations!

and great ID lenmac!

 

[smokeythecat]

You want to know how it got there? Easy and very likely answer. Once in another lifetime ago I was digging with a friend near Charleston on a plantation. Some Rev War buttons were found there. I didn't find any. However, I found a Byzantine brass coin from the 6th century. My digging buddies found some ancient Roman coins. The plantation house had burned and the owner was a coin collector some 200+- years ago. People lose stuff.

 

[CRUSADER]

Looks like this one …View attachment 2063162

Great ID, now I know where to look for the date looks like 175? , probably 1751.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Congrats on a very unique find !

 

[grasshopper]

Wow, that is different. Great old recovery!!

 

[river roamer]

Nice find Congrats

 

[oldmxrat]

Very cool, congrats and thanks for sharing!

 

[NorILdigcollector]

That's a cool coin. Nice assortment of finds.

 

[Blak bart]

You want to know how it got there? Easy and very likely answer. Once in another lifetime ago I was digging with a friend near Charleston on a plantation. Some Rev War buttons were found there. I didn't find any. However, I found a Byzantine brass coin from the 6th century. My digging buddies found some ancient Roman coins. The plantation house had burned and the owner was a coin collector some 200+- years ago. People lose stuff.


I too have found very ancient Roman coins here in the keys.....only explanation is that ballast was collected in a European port, and some ancient coins were accidentally transported to the keys with the ballast where the boat sank. Still a mystery to me, but I have found 3 Roman coins mixed in the scattered ballast ?