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35 Colonials - A few coins off my bucket list !
Hi all,
To follow up with don in ny's post, here are my finds, as well as our friend's Paul coins, once cleaned and Carol's stone ax. (Mine are not cleaned and I do not even dare touching them !!!)
My finds : a 1786 CT copper (bucket list :) ), a Georges II copper (bucket list), an unidentified copper, 5 buttons, a nice martingale... and a William III 1696 Shilling !!!! YES !!!!!!!!! DEFINITELY ON MY BUCKET LIST !
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Paul's finds : a beautiful Jersey copper and King Georges II copper :
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Carol's amazing stone ax :
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Here are close ups of my 1696 William III silver Shilling :
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I emailed a British archeologist this morning and had a reply about an hour later. I was asking him more information about the coin. Here is my question and his reply :
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I read with great interest your page about love tokens. Actually, I found this William III shilling, which I think dates back to 1695-1697 according to the details that are still visible.
I would like your opinion about this coin. The reverse is completely worn and smooth. The obverse bears the initial "B".
Reading your page, I thought my coin might be a "love token". Would you confirm this?
The coin was found metal detecting in the United States (in NY State) with my club.
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Yes, William III shilling. It is almost certainly 1696. There does not seem to be a letter below the bust so that would make it a London mint coin. "love token' is a generic term for a coin used in some way as a memento or message - the 'B' suggests this might be the case. The coin is so worn I'd guess it circulated well into even, possibly, the 1800s. If so, it perhaps served as a 'quarter' in the American colonies, or as two bits to which it would approximate (but not exactly).
Yes... YES... YYEES !!!
HH to all !!