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[dfxmatt]

Went detecting downstate this past weekend with my brother, we hit downtown wayne michigan on michigan avenue, they have downtown wayne streets all torn to shreds....We got plenty of cool relics My brother even got a civil war union button. But we only managed 2 coins.

My brother got a 1852 canadian bank token, man that was in great shape.

Here's the one i found, I need help, it has a bullet hole in it. I can only make out the words *RGIUS* on one side, and *EX* on the other. I compared it to a canadian large cent and the large cents have the *sergius* on em but nothing with a *ex* in them. ANY IDEAS? I know it's a foreign coin though. It's slightly bigger than a canadian large cent as well.

Mac

 

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[kenb]

WOW, cool find. I bet someone will ID it for you.

kenb

 

[shelltox]

That is cool. I can only imagine the story behind it.

 

[Don in SJ]

Most likely a King George II copper halfpence. With the U in GEORGIUS instead of the most used GEORGIVS.Certain years of KGII coppers used a U in lieu of the V.

Look at my Avatar photo for comparison, it could be a KGIII Irish copper like my photo on left. The EX is part of REX.

 

[dfxmatt]

Any idea on a date don? where would it be? lol

 

[Don in SJ]

Can't say for sure, here is a quote from an Colonial club newsletter on the subject:
"The other design element that can help a collector in identifying a counterfeit KGII would be the letter punch change to a U in GEORGIUS that was introduced with new design in 1740. Obviously , any halfpenny dated from 1740 through 1745 using a V in the legend would be counterfeit. Likewise, any halfpenny dated between 1746 and 1754 that used the U instead of a V would be a counterfeit."

So if it is a George II and it is regal, which I doubt, it would be 1740-45. But it could be a counterfeit of any year, also a 1780's KGIII Irish halfpenny, like mine in the avatar which is 1781.

Confused? good, see if you can see any bust at all to determine direction George is facing.

If it were my find, right now I would be marking it as a 1740-45 King George II Halfpence.

Don

 

[dfxmatt]

Where would the date be? lol
What's the other side look like?

 

[Montana Jim]

Don... nice work!

 

[dgaughan]

somebody sure didn't like the english

 

[Don in SJ]

Where would the date be? lol
What's the other side look like?

Matt, the other side would look like my photo at the banner of the top of this page, the 1775 KGIII, the reverse would say BRITTANIA with the date bar under a line or double line at the bottom.

 

[Functional]

In the third picture it looks like theres small letters "EN", or "LN" just above the letters "IU".

Just thought I'd mention that.

F.