I Have Some Old Tokens I Found Detecting.

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FOTD Valued Member United States 81 Posts	Posted 10/25/2011 11:51 am I found both of these in Pennsylvania metal detecting sometime in the mid 90's. I have no earthly idea what these are. Any help would be wonderful! Thank you for your time and expertise. This one is small. About the size of a Roosevelt dime. This one is much larger than the other and appears to have a pachyderm and what looks like a castle or maybe a saddle of some type? Too worn for me to tell really. Lady on a horse? Report this Post to the Staff

alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 10/25/2011 12:29 pm You have two interesting pieces. The first is a bit of a mystery, as their origin is unknown. See here for Columbia farthings: http://www.aboutfarthings.co.uk/Col...rthings.html The second is well known, the "Lady Godiva", Coventry token: http://www.bmagic.org.uk/objects/1885N1526.242 A good find. Bob Report this Post to the Staff
alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 10/25/2011 12:35 pm On second look, your Columbia may be quite rare. Report this Post to the Staff
fioti Pillar of the Community United States 4212 Posts	Posted 10/25/2011 12:57 pm I bought one last spring for 22. Columbia's have been mentioned here before: https://goccf.com/t/93341 Report this Post to the Staff
alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 10/25/2011 1:18 pm If it was the D obverse/4 reverse, you did quite well at that price. Report this Post to the Staff
FOTD Valued Member United States 81 Posts	Posted 10/25/2011 2:27 pm Thank you. I must say that those links said that they was private info? or something to that effect and completely froze up my machine for some reason? Anyways Thank you very much for your time. How can I find out more about that first coin {farthing?}? Report this Post to the Staff
alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 10/25/2011 5:11 pm Just google Columbia Farthing Report this Post to the Staff
ancientcoinguy Pillar of the Community United States 842 Posts	Posted 10/25/2011 5:52 pm I can make out a date of 1790 on the second token. Edited by ancientcoinguy 10/25/2011 5:53 pm Report this Post to the Staff
ExoGuy Pillar of the Community United States 4416 Posts	Posted 10/27/2011 8:51 pm The second token appears to be a Condor or English merchant token from Coventry. The one side depicts a castle tower atop an elephant, and the other depicts Lady Godiva on horseback. These appear regularly on ebay - search Godiva. Given the condition of the subject token, there's hardly any value for this one. However, the Columbia piece looks like a nice find! Report this Post to the Staff
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