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Welcome to the forum, Zekul! The design on the front definitely looks like seated Britannia with a shield - the design of British large pennies. The shield is smaller and leaning, so it should be pre-1895. However, I'm not sure about the reverse as I don't think it looks like the head of Queen Victoria or another monarch. The value in this poor of condition is essentially 0, but it's certainly an old coin and worth keeping if you like it!
Perhaps the mods can move this to the British coin section for more experienced eyes to help with the reverse.
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Wow I would have never though of that. Now that's some great info and clues. Though itd a shame no value that's alright. N surely not as old as I first thought, now that I think about how round it is and everything. Thanks
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Bedrock of the Community
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It does look to be a British large penny and if you look at the last pic upside down, it is Victoria. No value, essentially, in that shape.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
Edited by spru
02/27/2018 01:55 am
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Thanks yal.very surprised. Excellent help!
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Do you guys think its pre 1900 or no. Because I suppose they made these up through the 60's but that shield does seem a bit crooked like the old ones
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Bedrock of the Community
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I am thinking older than that. What I had in mind is the young portrait. That puts it before 1860. I really dont know much in this area, though. Here is your last pic, turned upside down:  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Awesome, ya the older the cooler. Hard to see through pictures any details that might be seen in better lighting. Would cleaning it be possible and helpful or detrimental
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Pillar of the Community
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It is bun 1d or 1/2d dated between 1860 - 94.
The 1d will be 30.81mm dia or the 1/2d 26mm dia.
Cleaning won't help.
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The title mentioned the coin was small? Could an Ionian Islands lepton be a possibility? Still of no value in that condition, but a least a bit more exotic!   Edited by tdziemia
02/27/2018 2:33 pm
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That back seems to me to lend itself more so to the markings
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1.5 cm That's a bit too small for a farthing (which is the smallest British coin with the Britannia design)... Maybe it's not a British coin, but a coin from another place in the British Empire. Ionian Islands, like tdziemia said, is a possibility. |
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The size fits. If you rotate your photo of the reverse clockwise by a bit less than 90 degrees it looks like the reverse of the coin I posted, so I think you now have an answer.
Your coin was made between 1834 an 1862. If I look at the reverse of your coin around 4:00 I think I can see at least the 8 in the date,
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02/27/2018 2:55 pm
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Awesome, very interesting. And cool to have a piece from somewhere cool
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Posted 02/27/2018 01:31 am
