Need ID help from any of you colonial coin experts

[Bill D. (VA)]

I found this coin a couple years ago at a very productive site that gave up around 15 pieces of spanish silver, several VA halfpennies and other colonial coppers, and a wide variety of other artifacts dating from the early 1700s to the early 1800s. Most of the stuff appeared to date around the Rev War era time frame. Anyway, I still haven't been able to ID this small copper coin. Its 17mm in diameter which is about the size of a dime. I've scoured my Krause coin books many times and have been unable to find anything close. There's only very little detail on what I believe is the front (looks like the roman numeral II), and the other side is worn slick. I thought it might be spanish but haven't been able to find one like it in the books. If anyone can recognize this from the little info provided I will be amazed. Thanks for looking ..... Bill

 

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[Bill D. (VA)]

I have to agree with Don and Crusader

My coin has little to no corrosion left after my initial cleaning. I think i did that with Blue Ribbon Coin Cleaner a couple years ago. The front side has a few detatils showing, but the rest are worn off and there would be nothing else left to be revealed regardless of the cleaning method. I also like the current patina, so I do not plan to attempt any further cleaning. Like Don said, I would just have to get lucky and run across an example in one of my books. Otherwise this will remain a mystery coin, although a jetton is the most likely suspect at the moment. Thanks for all those that participated in this discussion. HH ..... Bill

 

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