my first ever George III

[castletonking]

Today I found another great coin,it's toasted and badly worn,but I'm just happy to have found such a historic piece.My neighbor gave me permission to hunt his land,which houses a 1780 farm house and old barns.This will go great with my 1794 reale.Unfortunately,the back is either so crusted or worn and I can't date it exactly.I can just make out the George and the III rex....... NEW INFO...doing some research on the George III coin i found yesterday,it's a British colonial coin minted between 1770 and 1775.the earliest ones read Georgius III Rex,after 1775 the script changed to Georgius III D Rex. mine dates between 1770 to 1775..thats awsome

 

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[JohnnyMac]

congrats

 

[castletonking]

congrats

thanks

 

[jimmy uk]

well done on your British coin you cant beat finding them

 

[castletonking]

well done on your British coin you cant beat finding them

its my first British coin and my oldest yet. the 2 reale from 1794 can now take a back seat.

 

[jimmy uk]

you probably wont get a older copper then georges from your country. if theres one and theres gonna be more

 

[castletonking]

well i'll certainly be out there looking

 

[oldsalty19]

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

It is actually George, not Charles. Nice find! Try soaking it in hydrogen peroxide for a while.

 

[castletonking]

It is actually George, not Charles. Nice find! Try soaking it in hydrogen peroxide for a while.

i was told peroxide would damage it,i use that on my other copper coins,but with the age on this one i'm afraid.I was also told about olive oil.

 

[testing123]

i was told peroxide would damage it,i use that on my other copper coins,but with the age on this one i'm afraid.I was also told about olive oil.

I usually try rubbing it down with mineral oil. I didn't like how hydrogen peroxide made my coins look...they ended up kind of dry and porous looking.

 

[castletonking]

i'll have to give that a try

 

[Giant056]

Great score on the nice old copper

 

[castletonking]

Great score on the nice old copper

thanks