Can anyone Identify this coin?

Guv · May 13, 2004 1:31PM

http://olp.gcc.mass.edu/other/

Askari · May 13, 2004 1:45PM

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Looks like a damaged planchet or slug. I can't imagine what it was doing in a graveyard.

CIVITAS · May 13, 2004 1:52PM

Looks like a spot for a mount of some sort on one side. Button or cufflink? Dunno. I'll defer to Aethelred on this one.

Aethelred · May 13, 2004 2:12PM

<< <i>Dunno. I'll defer to Aethelred on this one.

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So this is the kind of scrap I get while you answer all of the cool Roman coin questions? I see how you work!

To me it looks like a colonial era flat button of the type used from about 1750-1830.

MacCrimmon · May 13, 2004 2:26PM

So, what did they do? Have a jeweler or silversmith solder a hoop onto the back of the 'button'?

Aethelred · May 13, 2004 3:03PM

<< <i>So, what did they do? Have a jeweler or silversmith solder a hoop onto the back of the 'button'? >>

There were hoops attached to the back of this type of button, but they are often found without the hoop.

Steve27 · May 13, 2004 9:15PM

JadeRareCoin · May 14, 2004 7:02AM

Is it ethical to metal detect in a graveyard? I guess so, but I wouldn't do it.

eureka · May 14, 2004 11:51AM

<< <i>Is it ethical to metal detect in a graveyard? I guess so, but I wouldn't do it. >>

I used to metal detect years ago, and did try an old graveyard about 15 years ago. I felt rather uncomfortable the whole time, and after digging up a a small black sack filled with 27 sewing needles which was surrounded by a like number of pennies, I jumped in the car and never looked back. Pretty creepy, especially in the middle of the night.

CIVITAS · May 14, 2004 2:47PM

As long as you're not digging down six feet, I think you're alright. If that ring you find comes with a hand attached, you probably best put it back.

Can anyone Identify this coin?

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