Great finds from a job lot of coins

[dooly]

Hi all .. not going to repeat my post that i have just put up on usa coins .. have a look if you like..

 

so to the finds which have got me buzzing again .. not mega bucks but one i have wanted for a long time but have been unable to find one in my price range;;

 

1st coin is a funny one it is a 1806 GB farthing BUT! is about 6mm thick and 21g instead of 4.7g

 

 

It looks to me like it has been messed about with and maybe is a Weight or something .. but fun find

 

2nd coin is something i was not expecting to find a 1806 halfpenny proof !!! I had to look at it over and over again just to make sure .. think this maybe one of the first coins i send in for conservation and grading after rejoining NGC

 

 

and the coin i have wanted to own since collecting this period

 

A proper error with full date showing twice

 

and at 9.6g its a real one as well .. NGC should grade this ???

 

and last of them for now .. (will take some more pictures of the other stuff soon)

 

not a coin but a snuff box

 

Thanks for looking .. and if you have a chance pop to doolybottleking on youtube as i have put a new detecting video up .. all the best

[nunfa0]

That is some awesome stuff you found Dooly!!

 

I can't decide which one I like the most but I am leaning towards the 1806 Halfpenny proof.

[dooly]

cheers mate .. yes it is a little belter

[physics-fan3.14]

Never would have expected to find a proof while detecting! That's awesome.

 

How have you been man? Haven't heard from you in a while.

[CyberspaceVoid]

WOW, nice finds ... I agree, that 1806 is a great find, and the snuff box is in amazing shape.

[johnny9434]

wow, thats some great stuff dooly, thanks for sharing

[Bugmann1974]

That Farthing is quite odd, is it possibly two farthings stacked together with a collar around them to make a half pence? I can see a collar around it/them for sure.

 

That proof is awesome!

[dooly]

That Farthing is quite odd, is it possibly two farthings stacked together with a collar around them to make a half pence? I can see a collar around it/them for sure.

 

That proof is awesome!

 

Cheers lads ..

 

2 farthings would only be 8.4g and it is 21g ?? so if my maths is right that would be 4.6 farthings in it

[Bugmann1974]

Ok, then maybe it's 4 farthings stacked together to make a pence?

 

How thick is a farthing from that era?

[dooly]

hi .. the normal farthing should be about 1mm thick

 

still going through the lot and found this . Can you see whats interesting about it ?