ScottO

and i thought a superb hammered penny had the beating of everything :/

I thought the larger one was early, very odd how coins from the 1100's were being used in that way with 1768 and latter coins.

yes they did have chinese, i suspect the larger one is.

been to japan for a couple of weeks, picked up these bits, all coins that seem to have been used as charms etc. nice design probably used as a charm nailed to a door through the central hole. 21 wave 4 mon from 1768. and these 2 i need identifying this one is larger then the others. the 2 above coins are on some string, there are a few other corroded bits (including another one of the "wave" coins, others are unidentifiable but thicker so perhaps more modern?) these 2 are the key coins, and i want to know what they are, and what the thing is. there is also a piece of paper with some caligraphy on it but quite faded, its a long piece rather then the usual sized paper

glad this won, wasn't sure if it would, as people do vote for higher grade stuff and nicer designs, i guess people warmed to rarity in this case

looks like a normal one to me.

looks like terri to me as well, you have to remember that these letters were sometimes joined together so hard to make out properly. its a nice one, and honestly, never seen a fake one of these. there is no reason why there ant be obverse lettering errors though.

just wish this started a month later then, got myself a very nice 1928 s merc and 1882 canadian cent just wish sometimes people would vote for the more intesting things so they are there later to make for a better contest later on.

sometimes it seems a bit silly though, US coins seem to be voted for over nicer things it seems sometimes.

hard? my best chances of winning are all coppers facing each other , still where else can you vote for a coin where there is one single known example.

only problem i have with oldest is. its hard to date roman stuff i think this one is oldest

1933 halfpenny someone used it as a 2p just come back from japan, where i got a 1964 1 yen

not often either.. unless you check ebay

the middle one is also a POW

i found that shilling in a scrap silver bag as well too nice to let it die a horrible firey death

middle one is... wow

was going to enter my morroco coin of the same design but 1 side blurred

would love that other one

not often, hence why i snapped it up.

might be hard to win this >.>

charles II of England which fits in with the 17th century, the red colour on british copper was similar around that time, as that is where the copper came from.

BPCI2013? hope thats not soon, go away on the 8th and no gold \o/

ScottO; Other Base metals; 1501-1700; Dec 1689 gunmoney crown http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/1018783.jpg

i just found a couple of coins i missed