Unidentifiable Coin Found In NY River

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DirtFisher3030 New Member United States 8 Posts	Posted 01/06/2021 2:54 pm Hello all, I found this coin the Southern Tier of NY in the river and am having a heck of a time IDing it. I can make out what looks like a crown on the one side but other than that I have no idea. It is basically the same size as a Half Dime but I'm 99% sure it's copper. Diameter is 15.1 MM and it weighs 1.13g Any help is greatly appreciated Edited by DirtFisher3030 01/06/2021 3:05 pm Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 01/06/2021 3:57 pm to CCF. Probably going to need close ups. Maybe try some black and white pics also. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
DirtFisher3030 New Member United States 8 Posts	Posted 01/06/2021 4:05 pm Thanks! I'll try and mess with the pictures some more but I'm not very tech saavy Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188213 Posts	Posted 01/06/2021 4:13 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
DirtFisher3030 New Member United States 8 Posts	Posted 01/06/2021 4:47 pm Thanks for the warm welcome! I messed with filters and this is probably the best I could get it to show any details left which are little to none. I hate having coins I can't positively ID Report this Post to the Staff
thecoinguy1964 Pillar of the Community United States 1308 Posts	Posted 01/06/2021 6:38 pm Sorry to say, but that coin is toast! Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34402 Posts	Posted 01/06/2021 8:32 pm @df, first welcome to CCF. Second, unless you are sure that this is an old US coin (and it sounds like you aren't) then I think that this thread belongs in our unidentified subforum. I'll move it over there now and if we get anywhere with it, then can move it a second time to a final resting place. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7940 Posts	Posted 01/08/2021 08:28 am If the object you've circled is indeed a crown (and I'm not sure it is), its shape reminds me of the crown used on Iran coins of the 19th and early 20th centuries. I could not find a match in copper or bronze for that size, but here is an example of a larger coin (just as an example of that style crown) https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces62084.html Doesn't make much sense that such a coin would be in a river in NY, though. So maybe it's a star, a maple leaf ... Edited by tdziemia 01/08/2021 08:31 am Report this Post to the Staff
DirtFisher3030 New Member United States 8 Posts	Posted 01/08/2021 09:47 am Sorry Spence was thinking it was US from where I found it but definitely possible it's not US and I'm beginning to think it probably is a foreign coin Ty for the info TD! It might not be a crown but it's the only thing on the coin that might help ID it. Where I found it it I would think maybe a European coin but at this point anything is possible Report this Post to the Staff
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7940 Posts	Posted 01/08/2021 11:46 am Yes, "southern tier" NY (probably not too far from where I grew up) makes one think of a small Dutch or English coin, but I see nothing this small in copper in Numista. Report this Post to the Staff
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