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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