Colonial Coin

[CodyCat Borat]

I dug this up at a local park not to long ago with my Whites Classic 2. It came up sounding like a quarter and was about 3 inches deep. What a surprise. I brought it down to a local coin dealer who looked through his books but couldn't find it. He thought is was a Conn. copper but wasn't sure. It is about the size of a quarter, has a mans face looking right with writting around the coin. The back appears to have a woman churning butter, but it is so worn it is hard to tell. The park is located across the street from an Inn that George washington slept in in 1790.
I can only imagine that his troops were pitched out in what is the park today.
If anybody knows any tricks to make the coin look better please let me know.

 

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[djabend]

Pics are not too clear but looks like a 1788 Connecticut copper


There are lots of different varieties. This one is close(I think ). HH,
Donny.

 

[leddel]

pretty hard to tell from the pics , it could be any number of different colonial coins

 

[BuckleBoy]

My first thought was Hibernia copper...but the bottom of the bust is wrong, and the position of the arm on the reverse leads me to think not. I was also thinking Conn. Copper...but here is another possibility:

Colonial copper farthing from Great Britain. (Obviously not this variety, but you get the idea.) This will give you an idea on where to get a date. Take a piece of tissue paper and a piece of charcoal and do a light rubbing or see if you can make out a date. That will tell you more about which of these colonials it might be.

Here's a photo of the farthing:

 

[CodyCat Borat]

Pics are not too clear but looks like a 1788 Connecticut copper




There are lots of different varieties. This one is close(I think ). HH,
Donny.

I think this may be it.

I have searched so many books and you have found a the closest resemblance.
Thank you so much.

I would think a coin this worn is worthless in value, but is a nice keepsake.

Thanks again,
Al

 

[BuckleBoy]

There may very well be some rare varieties of the Conn. copper. Be sure to check before you try to do anything to the coin.

Buckleboy

 

[CRUSADER]

My first thought was Hibernia copper...but the bottom of the bust is wrong, and the position of the arm on the reverse leads me to think not. I was also thinking Conn. Copper...but here is another possibility:

Colonial copper farthing from Great Britain. (Obviously not this variety, but you get the idea.) This will give you an idea on where to get a date. Take a piece of tissue paper and a piece of charcoal and do a light rubbing or see if you can make out a date. That will tell you more about which of these colonials it might be.

Here's a photo of the farthing:

Yeap hes right as I pointed out in the todays page.

cica 22mm its a 'dump' farthing cica 1720 Geo I