Yesterdays find:ausflag:

[Ken (Australia)]

Took my grandson to soccer trials yesterday afternoon and whilst he was there I went actross the road to another sports field for a quick look with the Quattro. Thought I might find some petrol money but only ended up with $2. Then right in front of the canteen up popped George. You just never know. Thanks for looking.......................Ken.

 

[fantomv]

nice work ken 1826 must be a british penny nice find

 

[Golden]

That's a fantastic find Ken! What a coin! Nice oldie too, 1826! It looks in good nick, the details are great, stand out. Hope you continued to run the coil over the area. Where you found that coin, there's bound to be others. Going out today myself detecting. Weather's holding up, clouding, sun peeking inbetween, a bit windy, sound like the weather forecast don't I! Hee Hee Hee

 

[nugget71]

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[Mark in Alabama]

My oldest coin found here in the states was an 1840 quarter dollar. I nearly turned a flip! I live in Alabama which is in the southern part of the United States and around here you don't find many coins dating earlier than 1800 but the guys in the northern part of the country, that were colonized first, find colonial coins dating back to the 1600's and sometimes even earlier foreign coins. True American coins start in the late 1700,s and I was was just wondering about Australia. Nice find on the 1826 coin....Real good condition for that old, the soil must be good to coins over there. Mark

 

[Ken (Australia)]

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[Ken (Australia)]

Australia was first colonised by the British in 1788 as a dumping ground for convicts due to their overflowing gaols. In the first years of the colony just about any coinage was acceptable including dollars from Spain and it's colonies and gold and silver coins from Portugal and the Netherlands. In 1812, 40,000 Spanish dollars (eight reales) arrived and were put into circulation after a circular dump was cut from the centre and then both were counterstamped. They were called holy dollars. They were taken out of circulation in 1822 and only about 350 are known today and worth BIG money. English coinage gradually took over and we used it till 1910 when the first Australian silver coins were minted. The area where I live was first settled in the 1820's and by the 1830's a town was starting to be established and roadside inns and tavern were starting to spring up. So after all that, I suppose in answer to your question, yes, it is considered pretty old. My oldest coin is a very worn English halfpenny from 1770 which I got out of the local show ground. How it came to be there we'll never know but it's in the same general area where this coin came from and the information I've gained from reading local history is that the whole area was used at different times for shows and horse racing but now it's mostly sports fields or been built on. It seems to me that soil conditions are different no matter where you go, I've got a lot of copper (bronze) coins not nearly that old that are shockers. Anyway mate, thanks for the interest and hope I've helped.........HH..............Ken.