✅ SOLVED Unidentifiable coin

[Thebigd81]

Dug this yesterday rang up 12-41 on my CTX... Slightly smaller than a large cent and really thin... Weighed .2 oz and 27 mm ... I ordered calipers and a more precise scale to try and id this

Any help is appreciated... Thanks!

 

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[Toecutter]

Smoother then Brads butt...

 

[Thebigd81]

Smoother then Brads butt...

Haha definitely is smooth... Looks like a U up top and an 8 at the bottom

 

[Joe-Dirt]

Half cent/penny of some sort??

 

[whistler84]

Trtry and see what dipping it in boiled hydrogen peroxide will do for it. I lve had great luck cleaning large cents this way. It does well with some details.

 

[GeoW]

Darn sure won't hurt it..

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Smoother then Brads butt...

 

[steve_rowlands]

British half penny? A George the something?

 

[Thebigd81]

British half penny? A George the something?

Ty! From the size and weight that's what I'm guessing a King George 3 half penny

 

[rick67]

British Half Penny 25mm

American LC Coronet is 27mm but 10.89 grams though.
LC Chain 27mm 13.48 grams.

All the others I could find at 27mm were silver or gold or relatively new.

 

[Thebigd81]

Looks like 57 where it's circled

 

[ivan salis]

8 maravidis ?

 

[Lost Signal]

You might have already done this, but sometimes you can see more detail if you apply a raking light. Try shining a light across the surface.

 

[Slowtaknow]

Wax it maybe

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

KG coin

 

[nkellam22]

On the second picture it almost looks like a 3 on the top right in roman numerals meaning it could be a King George the 3rd Halfpenny (1770-1775)
Although it is impossible to get an exact ID on a coin like that.

 

[smokeythecat]

Probably George II or III, the Spanish maravedis were much more irregularly shaped until the early 19th century.

 

[Thebigd81]

Thanks for the help all I greatly appreciate it... After doing some major searching and cleaning it looks like it's a Hibernia populi half penny... Can only see the details with a flashlight from the sides... Going to try some electrolysis to see if it helps anymore

HH

 

[nsdq]

Us half cent?