Hi all,
Seeing I'm in the painful "waiting 'til spring" mode up here in northern New England, I thought I'd share a shot of my altered large cents and colonial coins I've found over the past few years or so to get that bug an itching for all of you. :) I'm sure you "East Coasters" have found some also, so feel free to share here. Of the 7 coins shown here I've identified six of them, but need some help on the first coin at upper right in the top row. It kind of looks like a KG1 or a perhaps a KG1 Woods Hibernia. I've shown a close-up in the second pick which shows a bust facing right with the nose just below the sideways 2. Shoot me your guesses! For the wide shot, the coins are:
Top row: *Unidentified colonial coin with the number 2 stamped on both obverse and reverse
*Cut 1803 Draped Bust LC
*King George II half penny love token (LB cursive script)
Middle row:
*King George III half penny made into a button
*1828 Matron LC with H. Hovey counterstamp (not much to go on here - I believe he was a druggist in Boston or somewhere in MA)
Bottom row: *No date Draped Bust LC made into a screwdriver
*1798 Draped Bust LC with initials IDM, or JDM on the obverse (research could find no provenance)
John
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