Please Tell me what kind of coin this is.

[mainer]

Found this today can someone please help me find out what it is. Thanks for the help,

MAiner

 

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[jimbob450]

I am sorry i cant help but you might have better luck if
you posted this in What is it? Jimbob

 

[creeper71]

I can't really see the coin well it's to small of a pic... you also might want to add a pic of both sides... thanks

 

[mainer]

Here is a pic of the other side not a great scan but you can see some of it.

 

[PBK]

It's an AN 28 (c. 1830-32) coin of Haiti— probably a 1 centime. Here's an example listed on eBay.

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[mainer]

THank you so much PBK it is just a smidge bigger then a nickle.

 

[PBK]

I'd say that cinches it, then: Republic of Haiti 1 centime, c. 1830-32.

 

[mainer]

Thanks again PBK. Been stumping me half the night. We dont hardly ever find a canadian coin here where I am . Weird finding one from Haiti that is that old. Have a great night.

 

[Don in SJ]

Many years ago in a field I found one also and my thoughts were that it was most likely used as money here during the "hard times".. Mine is an overdate , I believe the AN date is the number of years after they Haiti decleared their independence from France and on my coin, the number AN 38, indicates 38 years after Indepedence, or 1841.

Don

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

i think solved

 

[mainer]

Thanks for that info don. Guess that makes mine a 1831. Yours is in very god shape. Coppers usually take a beating up here. But this coin seems to have held up well, maybe they had better copper? Or another metal in with there copper. Either way they seem to hold up. Thanks again for the info. Best of luck to you.

Mainer

 

[PBK]

Note that the coin is actually dated on both sides, e.g., 1831 on one side and AN 28 on the other.

The Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900 lists three different "AN 28" date varieties of centimes:
1830 // AN 28, 1831 // AN 28, and 1832 // AN 28.

The 1831, presumably the correct AN 28 date, is the most common and worth $2.50 in Very Good condition. Exact mintages are unknown, but the 1830 and 1832 AN 28's are scarcer, listing for $20, VG.

Since the date on the obverse (wreath side) of your coin is illegible— at least in the photo— that's why I said, "c. 1830-32."

 

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[allen]

beautiful old coin !!!!