A two copper day

[CHRIS OC]

Got this KG II today and another toasted copper , both rang up 37-38 . Cornfield , ulster co. NY

 

[CHRIS OC]

Reverse

 

[mark j brelsford]

Super.... Good for you!!

NICE

 

[MetalMiner]

Congrats Chris! I wish the copper I found yesterday had that much detail. Mine was also reading 37-38,once it was out of the ground it was reading solid 37, its possibly a KG3

Lou

 

[kscowgirl]

What the heck, haha I can't tell what those pictures are taken of and then Lou says that they have a lot of detail. You can tell I'm a Rookie, I've probably been tossing finds that I think is junk. So please do tell, what are those pictures of?? Why are they so special? I can kinda make out a head on one of them but didn't see anything on the other one. I'm not sure what KG stands for or I would try and look it up on line to see what I was suppose to be seeing. Thanks for sharing the pictures & info since that's the only way I'll learn, I might need to go to my trash pile

 

[CHRIS OC]

The first is the bust which you kinda have to go off of wen you can't get much detail and the reverse shows the lady with the shield which helps us narrow it down even more , and then you have to look at the way the bust is facing , just another clue , all so the size of the coin can help , go on line or get yourself some coin books and it all comes together after a while , i'v had coins where all you could make out was the hair style but you could go off that and get a good idea of what you have found .

 

[kscowgirl]

OK Thanks for the info. On something like that is there anyway to get it cleaned up? Or is it just one of those things where its cool to know what it was but not worth anything?

 

[CHRIS OC]

A good soak in olive oil or maybe a peroxide bath , as far a value , not much , more sentimental value than any thing else (-:

 

[MetalMiner]

What the heck, haha I can't tell what those pictures are taken of and then Lou says that they have a lot of detail. You can tell I'm a Rookie, I've probably been tossing finds that I think is junk. So please do tell, what are those pictures of?? Why are they so special? I can kinda make out a head on one of them but didn't see anything on the other one. I'm not sure what KG stands for or I would try and look it up on line to see what I was suppose to be seeing. Thanks for sharing the pictures & info since that's the only way I'll learn, I might need to go to my trash pile

KG= King George, Chris coin is the King George II, the one I found may be a King George III but mine has very little detail, just a little bit of some letters remain. Don't feel bad I'm still learning, I didn't know what mine was I'm going by what a more experienced coin person told me. you have to be careful when you clean the coppers, because a lot of times you can see more detail when they aren't cleaned than after cleaning them. I've ruined a couple coins by cleaning them, after I cleaned them I could see no detail compared to before I cleaned them. I usually just wash them & maybe a light scrub with a old tooth brush. A lot of time you can make out more detail if the coin is wet like Chris's photo shows.

 

[kschae4]

Chris, KGs are very cool finds. Are you able to get any date off it at all ? Found my old posting, it rang up 36-37.

 

[CHRIS OC]

No date yet , general opinion is that it's a " young head " KG II wich would put it 1729-39 (-:

 

[Treasurechic]

I have a guidebook to Colonial coins and there are dozens of versions of these coppers! I was suprised, We find these a lot in NH an now I know why each is unique in some way. The book is by Whitman its called Colonial and Early American Coins. Its a large hardcover book with excellent pictures of each variety. A must have if you live in Colonial country

 

[CHRIS OC]

Cool , thanks for the info (-:

 

[Treasurechic]

got the book on Amazon for only 35.00 free shipping!