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Title: anyone able to id this coin? Post by: welshdigger on August 16, 2011, 06:23:38 PM hi guys and gals i found this in a field near the bronze age burial site in aberdare yesterday .
gave it a good clean up and it looks like an aliens head and the letter S on the bottom right of it to me lol? anyone know what this is?? (http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l569/welshdigger1/DSCI0015-1.jpg) (http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l569/welshdigger1/DSCI0016.jpg) (http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l569/welshdigger1/DSCI0018.jpg) (http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l569/welshdigger1/DSCI0020.jpg) i was thinking a token of some kind cos im sure i read about some employer years ago paying miners with tokens and vouchers they could only spend in HIS shop ? im totaly lost on this one?? Title: Re: anyone able to id this coin? Post by: Jon1987 on August 16, 2011, 07:26:24 PM My very rough guess would be a Georgian Irish half penny. Can't say what George though?
Dunno if that helps? :) Title: Re: anyone able to id this coin? Post by: The Doc on August 16, 2011, 07:30:19 PM My very rough guess would be a Georgian Irish half penny. Can't say what George though? Dunno if that helps? :) I think your guess is as good as any Jon! Does look like there might be a harp shape there, but very little to go on. Title: Re: anyone able to id this coin? Post by: Jon1987 on August 16, 2011, 07:33:57 PM The "harp shape" was what I based my whole guess on lol. Plus it looks typical Georgian worn copper. It's amazing how much they wear in the ground.
Title: Re: anyone able to id this coin? Post by: the hog on August 17, 2011, 04:10:39 PM H.F.
Title: Re: anyone able to id this coin? Post by: wayne on August 17, 2011, 04:49:14 PM company shop token maybe,nothing much to go off.
or blank disc. Title: Re: anyone able to id this coin? Post by: The Doc on August 17, 2011, 05:57:06 PM The "harp shape" was what I based my whole guess on lol. Plus it looks typical Georgian worn copper. It's amazing how much they wear in the ground. I think they must have been very worn when lost, or maybe were even thrown away because they were so worn they were no longer accepted as coinage. Title: Re: anyone able to id this coin? Post by: rhyso on August 27, 2011, 04:40:09 PM ive found an identical item, turned out to be a georgian halfpenny!
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