CAN YOU IDENTIFY THIS COIN?

[joe dirt_1]

I found this recently in a corn field. It is trashed bigtime, but there is a little detail left on it. It is bronze or copper, has a standing figure on one side and an eagle on the other side.
I haven't got a definite date off of it yet. Been soaking it in olive oil to loosen the corrosion and gently scraping it with a tooth pick. First pic is of the standing figure, second pic is of what looks like the eagle on the back. I know it is hard to see anything in the pics, but if you look close you can make
out the figures. Thought someone might recognize the coin and at least let me know what it is. thanks for looking........

Roger

 

[GoGoGopher]

Standing Liberty Quarter maybe?...That patina is kinda wierd though for a Silver coin...

HH,

 

[joe dirt_1]

After soaking the coin in olive oil and cleaning corrosion off with a tooth pick and a q- tip, I have identified the coin. It is a 1787 Massachusetts half cent copper. The coin is in bad shape but I was able to find several matching points on the coin from pictures of a 1787 Massachusetts half cent to
positively identify the coin. Now, the next question is how did it get in a cornfield in West Central Illinois where I found it????? The only explanation I can come up with is the settlers who arrived here in about 1826 must have carried it here and lost it. This is the oldest coin I have ever found.
We just don't find these coins in the Midwest like the guys on the east coast. I wish the coin was in better shape but I'm happy to find something so old and to finally be able to identify it............hh

Roger

 

[Idprospector]

We are happy to find wheats and indians here in Idaho, Idigid

 

[GoGoGopher]

Even beat up, that coin would be in my Best Finds collection...WTG!!!

HH,