Menu
What's new
Find's Treasure Forums

Welcome to Find's Treasure Forums, Guests!

You are viewing this forums as a guest which limits you to read only status.

Only registered members may post stories, questions, classifieds, reply to other posts, contact other members using built in messaging and use many other features found on these forums.

Why not register and join us today? It's free! (We don't share your email addresses with anyone.) We keep email addresses of our users to protect them and others from bad people posting things they shouldn't.

Click here to register!

Need Support Help?

Cannot log in?, click here to have new password emailed to you

Changed email? Forgot to update your account with new email address? Need assistance with something else?, click here to go to Find's Support Form and fill out the form.

Large coin...what is it?

A

Anonymous

Guest
I dug this at the end of the day today. It's well worn, and is currently soaking in hydrogen peroxide to try and clean it up some. There is writing around the outsides, and at the bottom if you look closely you can see it says "NEW YORK". It may be some sort of token. At first I was hoping it was a colonial copper, but I don't think do now. If anyone knows what this is, please post back. Also, I dug a 1905 Barber dime today too at the same site. Yesterday I got 2 Indian heads there, with one being a semi-key date, an 1870. It's cleaning up VERY nicely right now and I will post a pic when it's done.
Thanks,
Todd
 
By the way, sorry about the pic. I still have not figured out how to crop yet with my picture software.
 
I believe it says American Constitution around the edge, might be a hardtimes token.. Will ook and see if i can find it in my book later... unless someone else ID's first
 
Elevatorguy; Here is your picture resized. <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":)">
 
You were right on. Here is a link to an eBay auction for one. This is made out of bronze which would be why it is so badly corroded, I guess. Brass must corrode easier than copper because I have gotten Indian Heads out of this same field that have cleaned up nicely. Not the coin I was hoping for, but still a cool find none the less. I got one hard times token years also. It was the "Illustrious Predecessor" version. By the way, this medal hit all the way in the upper right hand corner on my EXII. I almost didn't dig it because it was a very flat, monotone sound with no dips and peaks. I thought it was going to be aluminum.
Thanks again,
Todd
 
Note big coppers e.g. large cents, hard times tokens and the like can peg up in the top/right corner and give a high, but more monotone response. I think that is because of the larger volume of metal verses say a dime or quarter. I dig anything that sounds like that and ID's up in the corner.
 
Even though it says New York, it is a Robinson's Jones & Co token out of Attleboro, Mass. It's in the Rulau token book with several varities (HT152, 153, 153A, 155 & 156. I'll post a picture as soon as I can scan the page and get it uploaded.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top