Unknown deteriorated coin

andrewt

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Jul 2, 2015
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Orange County NY
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Garret ACE 250
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Found this coin today at a late 1700s house

Very badly corroded but can barely make out some letters around the edge

It is larger than a quarter

Any help would be greatly appreciated
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If you have a camera, shoot it in macro about 12 inches away. We can zoom in on it then. Pretty fuzzy now. Put a quarter next to it for scale too:icon_thumright:
 

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Looks like the reverse of an early 1800's large cent. What does the other side look like?
 

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After closer inspection I have noticed the stars and very vague silhouette of a face ... Still can not see a year

Any way to clean this up ?

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Matron Head large cent produced 1816-1835. yours may be toasted too much to get a date
 

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