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Treasure Hunting
Treasure, Coin and Relic
What is your oldest or rarest coin or medallion ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Pete E" data-source="post: 568839" data-attributes="member: 18110"><p>Sorry, bit of confusion,..when I gave the date range 1830 to 1837 I was referring to the William 4th groat I posted a pic of earlier....Re the old coins, sadly only the silver (and presumably gold) stand a chance of coming out of the ground in half decent condition, with copper ones tending to come out either blank or nearly so..As an example I found the coin below earlier today. It's a Cronebane halfpenny token issued by the Irish Mining Company in 1789. In the hand, you can just see enough detail to ID it, but barely...</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/18110/1597018389_68016f10-0aca-46a7-8e85-30bfdb59cad6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/18110/1597018389_ed3871e1-058d-4c4e-8bc5-976815d64527.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pete E, post: 568839, member: 18110"] Sorry, bit of confusion,..when I gave the date range 1830 to 1837 I was referring to the William 4th groat I posted a pic of earlier....Re the old coins, sadly only the silver (and presumably gold) stand a chance of coming out of the ground in half decent condition, with copper ones tending to come out either blank or nearly so..As an example I found the coin below earlier today. It's a Cronebane halfpenny token issued by the Irish Mining Company in 1789. In the hand, you can just see enough detail to ID it, but barely... [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/18110/1597018389_68016f10-0aca-46a7-8e85-30bfdb59cad6.jpg[/img] [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/18110/1597018389_ed3871e1-058d-4c4e-8bc5-976815d64527.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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Treasure Hunting
Treasure, Coin and Relic
What is your oldest or rarest coin or medallion ?
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