old coin found yesterday

[skuzzb]

while detecting yesterday in our local park i dug up this old coin,its a 1674,Charles II, Farthing,as i live in New Zealand its hard to work out how it got here as New Zealand was only discovered by europeans in 1642, Dutch explorer Abel Tasman but he didnt stay long,then in 1769, British navigator and explorer Captain James Cook came to New Zealand,so this coin is 348 years old,anybody have ideas on how to clean it,
thanks

 

[Steve O]

That's in unbelievable condition. Great find.

 

[skuzzb]

this park has given us alot of old finds,i will put up some pics of the older coins.
Dave

 

[skuzzb]

here are some pics of the older stuff i have found since xmas,the oldest penny is 1885,lots of modern coins as well.

 

[Dirtdigger33]

Dave,
Excellent Work on those nice finds. That badge for service rendered to king and empire is awesome. You found a great spot to find some real treasures. It looks like you are figuring out your 505 nicely. I hope the beach yields you some nice treasures as well. Good luck and HH.

 

[Wetdogg72]

Wow! Those are some really really cool finds!

 

[jpm1983]

Thats a very cool find! The only explanation I could come up with is that back in that time coins were used for a very long time, sometimes 50 years or more. But your piece is in such nice shape it couldn't have been in circulation that long. It must have been someone's memento or collectible that was lost.

Justin

 

[i1jab]

greet all here from Algerio near Turin

 

[togg77]

Nice,nice collection--thanks for sharing.