"DARN" I Nicked it

B|lker · Mar 29, 2009

"DARN" I Nicked it

What a strange place Bob and i have found.
These are my bright coins from the last 2 weekends.

The Canadian quarter is a 1943, you probably can`t see it but at least there's silver
in it. :icon_sunny:

The 1944 Australian Shilling /Six Pence has taken on damage from my digging tool. $:-\$

The 1944 Twenty Centavos is a whole different story.
When i started digging it rang as a strong quarter @ 6inches.
Now that i`ve brought it home and researched it, it`s composition is Cupro-nickel and Zinc?
My book written by R.S.Yoeman lists a picture of the Twenty Centavos under a Five Centavos heading.
I didn`t have my detector set to ring on either of those metals, so that means in my excitement of finding this, there`s still a quarter in that hole which in my excitement i neglected to re-swing over due to one shinny object coming out.

Doesn`t sound redundant does it?
When dropped on my desk it sounds like the other silver coins to me.
Anybody see anything in your coin books that would suggest this coin is silver.
I plan on breaking out my large coil after i extract all of the aluminum cans from this site. :icon_pirat:

PS Thanks for looking everyone. HH.

Bob and i also co-uneathered a 1920 British One Penny from this area about 3 weeks ago.

fortbball9 · Mar 29, 2009

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That Shilling is a nice coin,my Grandfather gave me that exact coin along with some silver.He was in
WW II.they used to put bullet heads and a Silver Shilling on the front of belt buckles.Brings back old memories.
Thank for sharing the pics and Congrats on your finds.

fortbball9

allen · Mar 29, 2009

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congrats on that silver !!!!

Old River · Mar 29, 2009

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Nice silver finds. HH.....

rwsnc · Mar 29, 2009

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I didn't see the nick. Which one did you do it to?

I agree with Plehbah ... that's silver. As you know I was stationed in the Philippines in the mid 60s, but I didn't see
any of those old coins.

A couple of nice additions to your Foreign coin collection. I can't believe those coins were up there where we've been detecting.

Dr. Ace · Mar 29, 2009

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What an interesting, eclectic collection of coins. That's really cool! :thumbsup:

WTG.

HH,

Dr. Ace

B|lker · Mar 29, 2009

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plehbah said:
Your coin is from the Philippines, not Mexico. It is silver.

It looks like you found a wartime coin collection to me. Especially with the Australia and Philippines coins there.

Thanks for the reply plebah. Why would they use the term Centavos on a Phillipines coin with the term United States of America on it? I`M Confused easily :icon_scratch:

Thanks Old River, allen, and fortball9 interesting info there.

Bob the nick is next to the s in shilling

MUD(S.W.A.T) · Mar 29, 2009

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That is some sweet silver !!

Keep @ it and HH!!

rwsnc · Mar 29, 2009

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B|lker said:
plehbah said:

Your coin is from the Philippines, not Mexico. It is silver.

It looks like you found a wartime coin collection to me. Especially with the Australia and Philippines coins there.

Click to expand...

Thanks for the reply plebah. Why would they use the term Centavos on a Phillipines coin with the term United States of America on it? I`M Confused easily

Thanks Old River, allen, and fortball9 interesting info there.

Bob the nick is next to the s in shilling

Bill, I told you that it was from the Philippines. Didn't you believe me? :icon_scratch:

Filipinos or the Filipino people are the citizens of the Philippines. The term (feminine: Filipina) may also refer to people of Philippine descent ...

treasurefiend · Mar 29, 2009

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Don't feel too bad, I did this last year to my first semi key coin, its also my first SLQ 1918d... :tongue3:

CRUSADER · Mar 29, 2009

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good bunch of silver :thumbsup:

rwsnc · Mar 29, 2009

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TreasureFiend said:
Don't feel too bad, I did this last year to my first semi key coin, its also my first SLQ 1918d...

Oh my God... That brings tears to my eyes.

TommNJ · Mar 31, 2009

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Nice variety of silver, WTG !

TommNJ

John (Ma) · Mar 31, 2009

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Still some great digs!

B|lker · Mar 31, 2009

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Thanks for looking and your comments everybody.
I thought the Philippines coin was cupronickle till i read this.
There may still be a quarter in that hole. I`ll check when i go back.
Good luck to everyone.

http://www.coinsite.com/content/faq/Philippines.asp

Jerry1NJ · Mar 31, 2009

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Nice finds!!!! :thumbsup:

WilliamBoyd · Mar 31, 2009

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Looks like you found a small coin collection, similar to what I found a while ago:

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,225213.0.html

By the way, the Australia 1944 Shilling was made at the San Francisco Mint.
The "S" is under the sheep head.

B|lker · Mar 31, 2009

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Thanks willeyboyd2, i thought the S stood for Sydney.

John987 · Mar 31, 2009

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Really nice coins!!
Congrats!!
HH

John

dave-enc · Mar 31, 2009

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real nice batch of silver coins wtg bj
hh
dave+bobbie

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