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[Ninjafossils]

I found this coin a good month and a half ago at the old colonial woods. Amazing I've hunted there for three years and this is the first colonial I've dug. Sadly, it looks like father time got to her first. I've done my best cleaning with peroxide and even "coin goo" which my friend got from England. Really not much detail came up. The only things I know are that the coin is copper, has a diameter of around 27 mm (which makes it too big for a farthing and too small for a half penny), and there appears to be a shield on one side. What do y'all think?

 

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[DARKCYDE]

2 cent piece? I have one that was so toasted I could barely tell what it was.

 

[nhbenz]

I'm not a coin guy, but the shape you circled reminds me of the harp on ones like below, which the half penny of this variety has a 27mm diameter: Coin Value: Ireland Penny and Half Penny 1822 and 1823
But I've never been right about a coin here, so I'm probably not this time either.

 

[CTwoods]

totally slick coppers can sometimes look like something is there, because we try too hard.

When trying to confirm a certain feature is there, look at a non-dug one and see if that detail was very thick, or almost flat. On a slick, you'd need to be looking for a larger bulge like on a bust/head, or whatever.

 

[nhbenz]

Showing a closeup of the other side may help. As slick as it may be, someone may see something.

 

[relic nut]

I found a copper last weekend that I could get absolutely no detail from, so I ran it through electrolysis. I wouldn't normally do this to a coin but I wanted to see what it was. Here is the difference.

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