FIRST LARGE CENT?

[mariposagold]

My wife and I did some birthday hunting (my birthday :-) on Sept 16th. Slow posting lately. We hit a popular place for gold panning and such. Usually lots of pull tabs and bottle caps here. We hit it for 10 minutes. My first hit was what appears to be a large Cent of some kind at +75 VDI 4 inches. This place would typically be under water with lots of rocks pounding against it., So being in rough shape would be expected. I have not been able to pull any identifying details from it even after cleaning. I weighed it at 10.71 grams, a U.S. Large Cent when minted is 10.89 grams. Size, slightly larger than a quarter, Much smaller then a half.
Hunting buddy Rob seem to think it was a Mexican large cent, perhaps the 191? type. Anyone that wants to ring in on it, do so, but I'm certainly calling it my first large cent either way. Kewl find.

 

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[CoinandRelicMan]

Nice find there Mari, surely someone will ID it for you =)

 

[Ahab8]

Tough to tell but I'm guessing a king george

 

[46Wheat]

Thank you for sharing your hunt and those pictures with us

 

[I-DIG-IT]

Nice digs.

 

[Turbo21]

Your last pic shows what looks like an eagle. Which matches the Mexican large cent. But. The front doesn't match up?

 

[wagbert]

Hello,
I hope someone can I.D. that old bronze coin for you. It almost looks like an ancient old world coin. Baffling to say the least.
Good Luck,
Phil

 

[coinman123]

Ancient coin, Roman?

 

[david680]

Mexico is a good guess, but if it is, would guess local/revolutionary coinage, even though I can find none that match. I can see where the ancient guesses come from. Tough one. Great find whatever it is.

 

[park pirate]

Good find..