cleaned the 17th century silver coin i found

[liverpoolfc]

charles 1st 20 pence piece (1625-1649)
it's got a double strike on the reverse,crown should only be at the top and not the bottom as well.

 

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[Diggincoinz]

Sweet! Nice one there.

 

[The Seeker]

Excellent coin ....thanks for sharing it with the forum...

 

[wooly in Illinois]

Nice find! The only thing around here that old is dirt.

 

[Burdie]

Cool looking coin. What did you do to clean it. HH 'Burdie

 

[Smartin]

fc,
Great piece of history! Were you able to ID the coin without the books? There's a bunch of kings and queens to keep up with. Here in the US the history is just starting in the 1600's.The coins came later...

Congrats,
Smartin ps..any idea of the value?

 

[lancemxt2006]

wow... nice find. that coin is such a nice peice of history.

HH lance

 

[Southcacalaky]

I agree, nice piece of history there, HH Art...

 

[trk5capt]

LIVERPOOL, Congrats On A Very Nice Find. trk5capt...

 

[tinpan]

NICE FIND AND THAT AN UNDERSTATEMENT. I ALL WAYS WONDER WHAT THEY DID WITH CHARLES 1ST HEAD AFTER THEY CUT IT OFF. THANKS NOW I KNOW, PUT ON A COIN AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH



TINPAN AND BROWN SNAKE

 

[southbound]

Awsome piece of history there! Vern

 

[liverpoolfc]

thanks guys

Cool looking coin. What did you do to clean it. HH 'Burdie

this is how i was told to clean it.
the results you can see for yourself(ie it worked)
take a piece of tin foil(baking foil) i'm not sure if you call it the same thing as us lol.
shiny side up,spit in the middle of it,
place the coin on it,
wrap it up and it should go warm and stink like really bad eggs.
after a minute or so,rinse it and it should be clean.
sounds disgusting but it works lol.
i tried it with some other silver coins and it worked to various degrees on them,
some it worked great and some didn't work at all.

fc,
Great piece of history! Were you able to ID the coin without the books? There's a bunch of kings and queens to keep up with. Here in the US the history is just starting in the 1600's.The coins came later...

Congrats,
Smartin ps..any idea of the value?

i saw the same coin in a mgazine that i had,thats how i id'd it.
as for value,not much,
about ?30($52.69) i'd say.

 

[johnny50]

Liverpool,

I'm in N. Yorks, near Otley, just north of Leeds/Bradford airport. Do you ever get out in the area? I'm looking for hunting grounds.

Johnny

 

[lordmarcovan]

Looks like a Scottish issue, judging from the thistle on the reverse?

What a great find!

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Very nice coin, like the double strike! HH, Mike

 

[allen]

thats a beautiful coin. wtg. keep on digging...