Coin ID help please

[Ted S]

Some time earlier in the year I posted(I think) about a large cent I found in a field with my Equinox 600. It is a cold and windy day here in Iowa so I dug out the large cent to take a look. I used 0000 steel wool and found what may have read Liberty across the top. This indicates that it is the flowing hair type which was minted in the 1790s? Can anyone tell me more about this coin? It is pretty beat up as you can see. If it is from the late 1700s it will be the oldest coin I have found! Thanks! Ted

 

[carver]

Try placing tracing paper on it and rub it with eraser to bring out what is on it. You will get image . I have done that on coins before and was able to make out what was on it.

Carver

 

[Elmy]

Some time earlier in the year I posted(I think) about a large cent I found in a field with my Equinox 600. It is a cold and windy day here in Iowa so I dug out the large cent to take a look. I used 0000 steel wool and found what may have read Liberty across the top. This indicates that it is the flowing hair type which was minted in the 1790s? Can anyone tell me more about this coin? It is pretty beat up as you can see. If it is from the late 1700s it will be the oldest coin I have found! Thanks! Ted

I have a lot of those blanks from farmed field hunts....some IH size too....fertilizer is a bad copper eater ! Is this a farmed field find ? Silver comes out ok...not copper .

 

[carver]

Try placing tracing paper on it and rub it with eraser to bring out what is on it. You will get image . I have done that on coins before and was able to make out what was on it.

Carver

meant carbon paper or use tracing paper with pencils soft.

 

[carver]

meant carbon paper or use tracing paper with pencils soft.

 

[laplander]

That's a smooth one, at least your into the right era to dig!
HH Jeff

 

[Ted S]

I still think it is a cool find. It came out of a field here in Iowa. Now...Who wants to help find an old logging camp on 260 acres of ground? J/K! HH Ted

 

[IowaRelic]

I still think it is a cool find. It came out of a field here in Iowa. Now...Who wants to help find an old logging camp on 260 acres of ground? J/K! HH Ted

Great Iowa find. 1700s is there. Just gotta keep at it!!

 

[Ted S]

Oh Yeah..Lots of arrow heads and Indian relics in the area...

 

[u2robert]

I can't see anything at all, but I'm blind in one eye and can't see out the other.
Good Luck.

 

[thebigd81]

Looks at about 2 o clock there are some letters. I have a few coins that I haven't been able to ID and it is the worst

 

[Ted S]

I haven't done much more with it but tonight I found a piece of pottery on the ground that may be Indian...

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

A Large Cent ?
I'd use a set of Caliper's on the coin to tell it's exact size in Millimeter's - that could help narrow down what it is.
Using a little flashlight and a jeweler's loop can also help ID the coin.
Also, sometimes when the sit for a while the date becomes more readable.

Good Luck !