little California gold 1/2 coins. tiny little lasses.

[Klclark3]

could anyone tell me anything on these little things, I was digging around and hit an 65ish range on my AT gold and these little coins came out, they're about 1-1/2 centimeters, will put more info later, out in the field now.

 

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[Klclark3]

Here:

 

[joncooper1986]

they are junk. just mail them to me and I will do you the favor is disposing of them

 

[masterjedi]

They're fractional california gold pieces. Be careful there are a lot of fake ones.

 

[Klclark3]

That would be my luck digging them up.

 

[dirtlooter]

still cool no matter what, hope they are real

 

[Klclark3]

After digging a foot and a half hole 1' by 1 1/2 foot or so I decided to call it a day since the wind is picking up more and a storm is a comming in, I had a fairly lucky day in coins, after finding another 1/2 piece being silver I'm thinking I'm probably not so lucky. It rang up about a 89. I hit another rock layer and a rocks stack like it would be a foundation of some sort, It has a little indentation in the ground like steps were, and its alittle sized spot about 2' by 2. I hit two diffrent corners and then I found what looks to be an old part of a fiber sack, like a potato or cocoa bean shipping bag, almost looked seemed at one time wedged between 4 rocks. In between them perfectly shelter most of that was falling apart but I managed to save a little piece, most of my readings and digs were strangely in the rock cracks. Other then 3 buttons and some round balls and a broken belt piece most were coins here

 

[mirage83]

They look to be in almost uncirculated condition, definitely some value there if they're authentic. Excellent recovery indeed.

 

[Klclark3]

me too wish I could figure out how too.

 

[masterjedi]

They will be super yellow in color if they are real gold...

 

[Ron (CA)]

Very cool finds and I am sure they got your heart pumping.

Those are "tokens" created to look similar to California Small denomination gold coins.

They are not gold and are pretty common. Anytime you see a bear on the coin it is a modern token.

Still a great find!

 

[Mackaydon]

They represent California small-denomination gold coins. However, "Beware of extremely common modern replicas (often having a bear in the design), which have little numismatic value." I believe yours are of that type.
Source of quote: A Guide Book of United States Coin; page 383 (2012 edition).
Don......

 

[Klclark3]

I figured they were after awhile I'm at a site not home, so no historic things in the area.

 

[g-olden years]

Even if not authentic old gold coins, they're fascinating! A super find! Andi