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HELP! I found a weird, half-dollar sized worn copper today! What is it?

coinkid855coinkid855 Posts: 5,012 ✭✭✭
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I usually hang out in the US coins forum, but I need your help!

I found this coin today in a bag of halves....any idea on what it could be? I know it's a long shot, because it's REALLY worn, but I figured I'd give it a try!


Here are the pictures...

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Thanks!


-Paul
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  • DentuckDentuck Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭
    Looks like a silhouette from Horton Hears a Who.

    Actually it's probably a cornucopia.

  • BlackhawkBlackhawk Posts: 3,899 ✭✭✭
    Turn the bottom image 90 degrees to the left. It looks like a worn token commemorating the Roving Gnome.
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  • LynchLynch Posts: 299


    << <i>Actually it's probably a cornucopia. >>



    This might be like a Rorschach test, but I think I see the outline of a star on the other side (similar to that seen on some Chilean coins). The cornucopia is also seen on some Latin American issues.

    I don't know what it is, but my guess is that it is of Latin American origin, possibly Chile or Peru, some time in the 19th century.
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  • DentuckDentuck Posts: 3,819 ✭✭✭
    Be that as it may, the Horton Theory cannot be completely discounted.

  • lathmachlathmach Posts: 4,720 ✭


    << <i>Looks like a silhouette from Horton Hears a Who.

    Actually it's probably a cornucopia. >>




    I took my 4 year old son to see that movie. We both enjoyed it and I'm a 63 year old geezer.
    It does kinda look like Horton.

    Ray
  • JimKJimK Posts: 605
    Hi Paul,
    Did some research on this and-
    I agree with Lynch that it is most likely Chilean or Peruvian in origin. I did also find that there are Israeli coins with Cornucopia's on them also, so I would not rule that possibility out...
    Hope this helps,
    Jim
  • coinkid855coinkid855 Posts: 5,012 ✭✭✭
    Thanks a lot guys!

    Hopefully I'll eventually figure out what it is....



    -Paul
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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,458 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't think it is Israeli. Most likely an Israeli coin wouldn't be that worn. Whatever it is, it is intersting.

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,661 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Dangit.

    Red-X-red-X.

    Again. image

    Were I on a server that accepted Photobucket, I'd have enjoyed seeing this one. I do enjoy a mystery sometimes. image

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  • LynchLynch Posts: 299


    << <i>Dangit.

    Red-X-red-X.

    Again. image

    Were I on a server that accepted Photobucket, I'd have enjoyed seeing this one. I do enjoy a mystery sometimes. image >>



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  • coachleonardcoachleonard Posts: 995 ✭
    wow, you found that in a bag of kennedy halves?? i looked at some 19th century peruvian and chilean coin plates in Krause, and while the design elements are somewhat in the ballpark, i didn't see anything that matched that big cornicopea (sp?) design i see on your piece.
    I also can't tell from your pic if the piece is brass, copper or silver-- can you tell? Knowing what metal it is would definitely help. I also agree about it probably not being israeli. It looks like that might be a person's neck i see on the obverse (like on a bust), but not sure. REALLY good mystery, this one!
  • ormandhormandh Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭
    It looks like it is made of brass.
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  • LynchLynch Posts: 299


    << <i>It looks like it is made of brass. >>


    Or heavily toned billon.
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