🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Unidentifiable crusty coin

[tlc336]

could anyone please help identify the coin on the right? found today at

a house that was built in 1911

 

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[Iron Patch]

That is most likely a young head British King George II Halfpenny. (1729-1739)

 

[UnderMiner]

The pronounced chin makes me think Napoleon III or Victor Emmanuel II copper (both left facing profiles as well).

 

[tlc336]

That is most likely a young head British King George II Halfpenny. (1729-1739)

thank you. I did look at that bust and it does seem to look similar to what the silhouette on the coin

 

[tlc336]

could anyone please help identify the coin on the right? found today at View attachment 2049630View attachment 2049630View attachment 2049631a house that was built in 1911

thank you for the reply. I was just using the quarter for size comparison.

 

[tlc336]

could anyone please help identify the coin on the right? found today at View attachment 2049630View attachment 2049630View attachment 2049631a house that was built in 1911

lol what appears to be a chin is actually part of the top layer of corrosion

 

[tlc336]

thank you. I did look at that bust and it does seem to look similar to what the silhouette on the coin

since its already toasted, im going to try and chip some of the corrosion away down to the imprint.

 

[Joe-Dirt]

Yeah, I’d say KGII as well