This coin has proven to be quite a challenge in identifying and I would be most grateful to anyone who might have a suggestion. It's a challenge because the condition of the coin is far from ideal. I found it probably 20years ago now while digging around in my grandparents garden as a child. I remember asking my grandmother about it but she offered nothing, so I tucked it away and forgot about it until I recently "unearthed" it again clearing out some things. The one side I can make out the faint picture of perhaps a shield topped by what looks like a crown, surrounded by writing, what I couldn't say. Some of the letters are legible but no words I know, perhaps latin. The opposite face has a definite two, then below the letters J(?) E B A(?), all of which is cresented in what looks like wheat fronds. The diameter is 22mm, not sure of the metal type. What's really interesting is that I think I can just about make out the date to be 1920 something (just below the JEBA bit) I am fairly certain its not an American coin that I know of, and it was in New York state that I found this, but if the date is right, I am truly curious to know of the coins origin as the property was been in the family since the turn of the century. Anyone out there with a clue?
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Posted 11/21/2008 1:04 pm
What an interesting coin to find buried.
