Ronstar
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Decided to make a last minute run at that old city park before the cold spell hits this week. I simply was making a wandering pattern just to see if there might be another hot spot like the other area with early 1900s coins.
I managed to find a few clads and a bunch of bottle caps but then I hit an odd number in the 40s (on The Legend just above dime but below caps) and curiosity made me dig. Took me a bit to find it in the dark rich dirt but I finally saw the circular curved edge of a coin. At first I thought it was a foreign coin or play coin but when I turned it over I saw “5 cents” and Canada……carefully brushed it off and saw 1925!! Officially my oldest Canadian coin. A few minutes later I found what for all intents and purposes was a silver quarter but it too was foriegn! More on that in a bit.
Got home and did the usual Google search and found out the nickel is a key date and low mintage! Only 200k minted and in basic shape $50 value!!!! SCORE!!!!!
Now the other coin…….
Got it cleaned up and it’s a 1957 “One Schilling” coin and thought it too was Canadian until the Google search. Looks like English but could be Australian but then again English is a more closer match. Now the conundrum….. This was 5-6” deep and just as shiny coming up outta mama earth as a known silver coin does. Search reveals if English it is a copper nickel mix and should not be shiny should it. But wait there is a silver version for Australia but wait again the date stamp is in the wrong place. What do I have??????
Oh yeah, as soon as the deep freeze leaves I’m going back to that “foreign” corner!!!
As you can see that Schilling is shiny in the hole, I cant find any reference to a silver proof having been done either.
I managed to find a few clads and a bunch of bottle caps but then I hit an odd number in the 40s (on The Legend just above dime but below caps) and curiosity made me dig. Took me a bit to find it in the dark rich dirt but I finally saw the circular curved edge of a coin. At first I thought it was a foreign coin or play coin but when I turned it over I saw “5 cents” and Canada……carefully brushed it off and saw 1925!! Officially my oldest Canadian coin. A few minutes later I found what for all intents and purposes was a silver quarter but it too was foriegn! More on that in a bit.
Got home and did the usual Google search and found out the nickel is a key date and low mintage! Only 200k minted and in basic shape $50 value!!!! SCORE!!!!!
Now the other coin…….
Got it cleaned up and it’s a 1957 “One Schilling” coin and thought it too was Canadian until the Google search. Looks like English but could be Australian but then again English is a more closer match. Now the conundrum….. This was 5-6” deep and just as shiny coming up outta mama earth as a known silver coin does. Search reveals if English it is a copper nickel mix and should not be shiny should it. But wait there is a silver version for Australia but wait again the date stamp is in the wrong place. What do I have??????
Oh yeah, as soon as the deep freeze leaves I’m going back to that “foreign” corner!!!
As you can see that Schilling is shiny in the hole, I cant find any reference to a silver proof having been done either.
