Went looking for old coins today at the beach...found a very interesting foreign coin, but I need some experts from this forum to ID it, please

[Magyar]

Both coins were found in dry sand.

I 'm so curious as to the ID of the larger coin,

The Danmark coin metallic composition is : 97% copper; 2.5% zinc; 0.5 tin ...and is worth about $0.10 in American currency ( if I understood the exchange correctly).

Regarding the larger coin: I can make out the letters A TORI on one side; and ETL ( maybe) on the other.

Don't know whose image in on the coin ( ?obverse/?reverse)

On the other side it looks like a Charioteer with a lance ...not sure which is obverse /which is reverse

Date has a "7" in it.

Here's pics...two more in the following post..not enough room on this one.

Thanks for looking , and and ID help would be greatly appreciated

Magz

 

[Magyar]

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[Brian(upstateNY)]

Maybe 1786
Here is a link for Nice Colonial Coinage
You can go too State Issued Coins or browse the whole site and have fun

Congrats on that great find ,WTG and looks like it's in great condition and thats worth a few dollars

Colonial Coinage

 

[Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska]

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[therick]

If you have a "Red Book" or an R.S. Yeoman's guide to United States Coins.............check in the post colonial issues. I think it's a 1786, mailed bust facing left, Hercules head copper.

In my 62nd edition Red Book, 2009....... there's a picture of the coin (I think, your pics are real dark on a well worn coin) on page 58, bottom right. Coin value on page 59 on the top of the page shows it's worth about 120.00 in good condition. I'd say yours is about 1/2 of that.

That's my best guess with out seeing the coin first hand. Nice find either way !


therick

 

[Magyar]

Brian, I went to the site, but I don't know what to click on to see a pic of this coin...what do I click on once I get to the page?

thanks

magz

 

[therick]

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[Brian(upstateNY)]

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[Magyar]

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[Magyar]

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[Brian(upstateNY)]

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[Craig in Alabama]

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[Magyar]

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[Brian(upstateNY)]

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[therick]

Since many colonists were just off of the boat from Britain, the British form of coinage was familiar to all of them so when the states started dabbling with making their own form of currency it was with British denominations because everyone knew what that was and what the value was intended to be.

therick

 

[charlie (ky)]

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[Magyar]

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[General Ray]

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[Jim West Pa]

spank that beach o' yours
Sweet find young lady
With all the cool finds you make up there we should
change yer moniker to 'BS Mags '.... ( Beach Spanker Mags )
No wait, these fellas in here would tear you up over the BS part
Nevermind

 

[Magyar]

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