weekend finds

[Anonymous]

<img src="/metal/html/confused.gif" border=0 width=15 height=22 alt=":?"> What's a KREUZER? "1 KREUZER/1847" It's 14mm, same as a silver trime only copper and thinner. Best I can research, they used KREUSERs in German States, Austrian Cantons, Swiss, Czech., Hung., Poland. ID 10 at 8"
<img src="/metal/html/biggrin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=""> 1770 1/2 Reale, a solid 25 ID at 3".
<img src="/metal/html/cry.gif" border=0 width=40 height=15 alt=":cry"> A cut U.S. capped bust quarter, 1831-38. ID'd as trash, 14-16, 20's up to 31 when swept in different directions, due to the odd shape, I guess. 7-8" deep!

 

[Anonymous]

I think it's German? I found one too once.....Nice finds by the way! <img src="/metal/html/please.gif" border=0 width=29 height=15 alt="lease">

 

[Anonymous]

if you post the reverse, I might be able to ID which German state it's from. I have a good German coin book. Where did you find those nice coins? HH, Mike

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for having a look. The reverse side is almost gone, I can make out a crown w/3 points and part of a something rectangular below it. I am amazed at how tiny this copper is. It probably would take 30 or 50 to equal the weight of a large cent.
Found them in my favorite soy bean field. That site has produced some amazing finds. Sometime I'll post some pix of the buttons found there. The variety alone is astonishing, let alone the story each tells as I have been fortunate enough identify/date many. Most are pre-1850