oldest coin yet 1736

[CREEKGEEK]

I need to clean it up a bit but with research im pretty sure this is a 1736 copper farthing fron great britain!! Is this the king george coumin everyone talks about? My third 1700s coin from this spot!!!

 

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[jcobb]

WOW how cool!!!
Congrats

 

[cti4sw]

Looks like a halfpenny, not a farthing. Farthings were 1/4 pennies. Good stuff if you were able to get a date off those, the soil around me is not kind to KGIIs.

 

[old digger]

Very Nice Find! Hope you can get it cleaned up.

 

[CREEKGEEK]

Sorry for the mispelling a little excited and posted from my phone

 

[vpnavy]

Nice find NightExplore. Thanks for sharing...

 

[The Rebel]

WTG on the KG II!

 

[Iron Patch]

Looks like a halfpenny, not a farthing. Farthings were 1/4 pennies. Good stuff if you were able to get a date off those, the soil around me is not kind to KGIIs.

It's definitely a halfpenny regardless of size because an entirely different type of reverse die was used.

 

[CREEKGEEK]

Correction thats a 1756 lol. Still my oldest

 

[nov2101]

Hope this helps for ID Great find too!

 

[CREEKGEEK]

Ok correct me if i am wrong but if it is a 1756 half penny that would mean its a counterfeit....and possibly worth quite a bit.

 

[Iron Patch]

Ok correct me if i am wrong but if it is a 1756 half penny that would mean its a counterfeit....and possibly worth quite a bit.

Even though 1756 is a fairly rare date, most I know of still aren't rare enough and collectible enough to be worth much in that condition.

The coin looks very close to a Regal, so I suspect the obverse is going to be the usual looking young head - which likely means it's actually 1736 and just looks like 1756. The 1756 counterfeits would probably have an old head obverse, and if not, a young head but not one that looks like the genuine coin. I'd probably bet my detector right now that the other side has the usual 1730s George, and it's 1736.

 

[wheatfinder13]

That's a beautiful copper

 

[huggis]

I need to clean it up a bit but with research im pretty sure this is a 1736 copper farthing fron great britain!! Is this the king george coumin everyone talks about? My third 1700s coin from this spot!!! <img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=877127"/> <img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=877128"/>

Nice find keep going over that area!!!!!

 

[CREEKGEEK]

Im in the process of making it a bit more legible. Ill post pics when shes done.

 

[CREEKGEEK]

Even though 1756 is a fairly rare date, most I know of still aren't rare enough and collectible enough to be worth much in that condition.

The coin looks very close to a Regal, so I suspect the obverse is going to be the usual looking young head - which likely means it's actually 1736 and just looks like 1756. The 1756 counterfeits would probably have an old head obverse, and if not, a young head but not one that looks like the genuine coin. I'd probably bet my detector right now that the other side has the usual 1730s George, and it's 1736.

I dont know enough about these to understand the difference between regal and non regal. Could u elaborate :-)?

 

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[Iron Patch]

I dont know enough about these to understand the difference between regal and non regal. Could u elaborate :-)?

Regal = genuine.

 

[CREEKGEEK]

Regal = genuine.

Thanks

 

[CREEKGEEK]

After some restoration....still hard to tell but i think im leaning towards 1736 now