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ikandiggit
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#1 Posted: Sat Oct 11th, 2008 09:39 pm |
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| Dug this up on a school soccer field at about 6 to 7 inches down. Looks old and looks and feels like silver. It's pretty smooth (worn) but I could still make out some words and symbols. No indication of a date on it which makes me think that it might be foreign or it may not be a coin at all. I've provided photographs and made some outline drawings of it. Attachment: cc1.jpg
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Combat Camp
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#2 Posted: Fri Oct 17th, 2008 06:11 pm |
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I'll take a wild guess or two...........
1) My first guess would be a coin from a penny loafer shoe?
2) My second would be a token from "ole Penny Arcade"
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#3 Posted: Mon Oct 20th, 2008 04:06 am |
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| Looks like it might have said Netherland's on the bottom and one penny on top.
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UWLocator
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#4 Posted: Thu Dec 4th, 2008 05:39 am |
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You don't say how big this is. But, if it has a diameter a little bigger than a US silver doller, it might be an early British penny.
They were pure silver prior to sometime between 1100 and 1200 and then became sterling silver. They were minted until at least 1920 in many forms. The back had the words ONE PENNY and the name of the mint or the company responsible for the purity of the silver. The alloy was changed over the years because of the problem with wear.
If you can find out the exact alloy, there are sites that can tell you what years that alloy was used.
HH,
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ikandiggit
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#5 Posted: Thu Dec 4th, 2008 01:28 pm |
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UWLocator wrote: You don't say how big this is. But, if it has a diameter a little bigger than a US silver doller, it might be an early British penny.
They were pure silver prior to sometime between 1100 and 1200 and then became sterling silver. They were minted until at least 1920 in many forms. The back had the words ONE PENNY and the name of the mint or the company responsible for the purity of the silver. The alloy was changed over the years because of the problem with wear.
If you can find out the exact alloy, there are sites that can tell you what years that alloy was used.
HH,
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Thanks for the response. It's slightly smaller than a dime and about half the thickness.
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