Itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, tiny AND colossal, magnitudinous, or formidable COINS

[woody50]

Decided after reading the Todays Finds "tiny coin" from Mikewaz to show some of my small coins that I have found. Not to brag, but just to show how small some of the coins are. I am also not professing that these are the smallest either, there surely are smaller, although...... Even the smallest, the small 7.5mm roman has a face and text on one side and an animal on the other, and it is not a clipped coin. I have found a few of these, but they are scarce and very difficult to find, the signal sounds like nothing, and once you have it in the sand or dirt its a pain to find. Once after finding one of the smallest I guess I lost it myself because I didn't have it when I cleaned the finds, or its still in a corner of my finds bag after all these years...!

I guess we can all realize how these coins could have been lost, they just fall through your fingers.

The coin #13 was called a duppie here in Holland. Until the Euro in 2001 this was just a normal coin you had in your pocket (you hope). It could fall through the smallest of holes and was difficult to pay with. Holland had its share of small coins for sure.

The coin #14 is a coin in South Africa that is in circulation at this moment.

Anyone else have some small or enormous ones? It would be nice to see, please post them!

mm inch mass
1 )[/TD]
[TD]07.5mm[/TD]
[TD]0.295"[/TD]
[TD]0.24g[/TD]
[TD]Bronze Roman Mini[/TD]
[/TR][TR]
[TD]2 )[/TD]
[TD]09.0mm[/TD]
[TD]0.350"[/TD]
[TD]0.58g[/TD]
[TD]Bronze Roman Mini[/TD]
[/TR][TR]
[TD]3 )[/TD]
[TD]09.5mm[/TD]
[TD]0.370"[/TD]
[TD]0.66g[/TD]
[TD]Bronze Roman Mini[/TD]
[/TR][TR]
[TD]4 )[/TD]
[TD]10.6mm[/TD]
[TD]0.417"[/TD]
[TD]0.38g[/TD]
[TD]Silver Hongary Denier (1131-1141)[/TD]
[/TR][TR]
[TD]5 )[/TD]
[TD]11.8mm[/TD]
[TD]0.460"[/TD]
[TD]1.02g[/TD]
[TD]Bronze Roman[/TD]
[/TR][TR]
[TD]6 )[/TD]
[TD]12.0mm[/TD]
[TD]0.470"[/TD]
[TD]0.22g[/TD]
[TD]Silver Scotland Farthing[/TD]
[/TR][TR]
[TD]7 )[/TD]
[TD]12.2mm[/TD]
[TD]0.480"[/TD]
[TD]0.96g[/TD]
[TD]Bronze Roman[/TD]
[/TR][TR]
[TD]8 )[/TD]
[TD]12.3mm[/TD]
[TD]0.480"[/TD]
[TD]0.89g[/TD]
[TD]Bronze Roman[/TD]
[/TR][TR]
[TD]9 )[/TD]
[TD]12.8mm[/TD]
[TD]0.500"[/TD]
[TD]1.07g[/TD]
[TD]Bronze Roman[/TD]
[/TR][TR]
[TD]10 )[/TD]
[TD]13.6mm[/TD]
[TD]0.530"[/TD]
[TD]0.64g[/TD]
[TD]Silver Netherlands Willem II 5 cent[/TD]
[/TR][TR]
[TD]11 )[/TD]
[TD]13.9mm[/TD]
[TD]0.550"[/TD]
[TD]0.54g[/TD]
[TD]Bronze Byzantine[/TD]
[/TR][TR]
[TD]12 )[/TD]
[TD]14.0mm[/TD]
[TD]0.550"[/TD]
[TD]1.25g[/TD]
[TD]Copper Netherlands Willem 1/2 cent (1931)[/TD]
[/TR][TR]
[TD]13 )[/TD]
[TD]15.0mm[/TD]
[TD]0.590"[/TD]
[TD]1.51g[/TD]
[TD]Nickel Netherlands Juliana 10 cent (1951)[/TD]
[/TR][TR]
[TD]14 )[/TD]
[TD]16.0mm[/TD]
[TD]0.630"[/TD]
[TD]1.99g[/TD]
[TD]Bronze South Africa 10 cent (1996)
[/TR]

 

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[CRUSADER]

Just seen this interesting thread.

I thought, I have some tiny Roman bronzes, maybe they are a little smaller. Measured the smallest one & it was bang on 7.5mm

 

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[woody50]

Just seen this interesting thread.
I thought, I have some tiny Roman bronzes, maybe they are a little smaller. Measured the smallest one & it was bang on 7.5mm

Interesting, that is I guess the smallest the Romans made. I have found a few, but where are they now?
What was your largest Cru?

 

[CRUSADER]

Just seen this interesting thread.
I thought, I have some tiny Roman bronzes, maybe they are a little smaller. Measured the smallest one & it was bang on 7.5mm

Interesting, that is I guess the smallest the Romans made. I have found a few, but where are they now?
What was your largest Cru?

'Chartwheel' twopence - just a fraction less than 41mm & 2oz

 

[woody50]

Just seen this interesting thread.
I thought, I have some tiny Roman bronzes, maybe they are a little smaller. Measured the smallest one & it was bang on 7.5mm

Interesting, that is I guess the smallest the Romans made. I have found a few, but where are they now?
What was your largest Cru?

'Chartwheel' twopence - just a fraction less than 41mm & 2oz

Yes those are neat coins to find, have found a number of them. Huge and heavy! I just can't
imagine what they felt like in your pocket back them if you sold a cow and got paid with them!

Jeeze do you get up so early in the morning?? (to go searching I guess with this nice weather)!

 

[CRUSADER]

Just seen this interesting thread.
I thought, I have some tiny Roman bronzes, maybe they are a little smaller. Measured the smallest one & it was bang on 7.5mm

Interesting, that is I guess the smallest the Romans made. I have found a few, but where are they now?
What was your largest Cru?

'Chartwheel' twopence - just a fraction less than 41mm & 2oz

Yes those are neat coins to find, have found a number of them. Huge and heavy! I just can't
imagine what they felt like in your pocket back them if you sold a cow and got paid with them!

Jeeze do you get up so early in the morning?? (to go searching I guess with this nice weather)!

No, I find hardly any, about 2 from memory. The Chartwheel Pennies I find a few of.
I hadn't gone to bed, I slept most of yesterday, catching up from over working myself at work & detecting.

 

[allen]

awesome collection !!

 

[woody50]

awesome collection !!

Thanks Allen, but I have been at it for some time now....1981

 

[woody50]

Re: Tiny, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty and minimum Coins...

I can see where they could easily be lost, nice colection!

Bit late but thanks Seger!

 

[woody50]

Re: Tiny, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty and minimum Coins...

You have a fantastic collection,
Thanks for sharing it with us,
all the best
Didman

You too Mr Digman, thanks for your comment! Just keep searching and you will find a lot,
that is for sure. I'm only not sure about our grandchildren finding anything....

 

[kane23]

Great stuff Woody! Kane 23

 

[shaun7]

here's mine!

 

[CRUSADER]

here's mine!

that is a nice chunk

 

[woody50]

Wow, neat coin/token Shaun, and good photos! (finally!)
Now the measurements and the weight (could be hard if you don't have a small scale)...

 

[shaun7]

Wow, neat coin/token Shaun, and good photos! (finally!)
Now the measurements and the weight (could be hard if you don't have a small scale)...

leave it with me!