Bruce I am not sure this coin was found on the lot in Savannah, Ga. but they were in this good of a condition without having to clean them. I know I found an 1878 flowing hair U.S. big penny but that one is long gone. I also found some later silver, like half dimes and others but they are mixed in with silver. I have crawled under several old buildings with my detector and found several Barber coins, they are protected in the dry soil.
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Johnny - can you make out what it says or what the lettering is over the head of the sitting form? I'm looking at my early American coin book to see if I can identify it but there so many that weren't officially minted that it may be impossible.Pickett/Fentress County, Tn - Any day on this side of the grass is a good day. -Chuck-
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Charlie it is definitely Britannia. However I have never seen wild hair like this on any Victoria coin.
Johnny I have sent these pictures of to a friend and hopefully tomorrow I will have an answer as to what it is.
By the way Johnny, that is a cool find my friend.Bruce
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George IV reigned 1820-1830. If you can get an exact date off coin, it would be 182?, and not 189?....
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Yeah, pretty sure the date is extremely faded on the obverse of the coin, and faded wreath-type design on Brittania side. I was originally assuming date was on Brittania side. If it's George IV, the date should be in the 1820's, but date is extremely faded, and I can't read it. My bet is on George IV......
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Very nice find. On the 1775 half pence my wife surface spotted in a corn field, the date is just clear enough to see. The profile of George III is almost completely erased. We were elated to be able to at least read the date and know we had found a Revilutionary War era coin.
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There were only 4 British monarchs in the 19th century. George III, George IV, William IV, and Victoria. I did some research and noticed most coins of William IV(1830-1837) had his portrait facing to the right, not to the left. I have not checked Canadian coins at all, however. Years ago, my wife found a 1775 half pence of George III. On his coins, the date is on the reverse, beneath Brittania. So long as the date here is in the 1820's, and a very faded 2 can be mistaken for a very faded 9, I think anyway, then this coin should be George IV(1820-1830).Rhode Island
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