ID this coin contest.

Since I have had no one correctly ID this coin, perhaps an incentive would help!

This coin was found in a cornfield, dating back to the 1830s, possibly earlier.

This coin means a lot to me, and I would like to find out what it is.

If you can correctly ID this coin, I will give you a few silver coins of my choice.

 

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You got me.....some kind of token most likely. Its hard to make out any of the lettering. Can you tell what any of it is?

 

Looks like a flower pot on it with grass in it

 

Looks almost like its from europe, just guessing.

 

The patterns seen on both sides are similar to many English Bread tokens, Im am willing to bet you have a "bread token" Something similar to this one below from England.

These were made in the late 1700s up until the mid 1800s. Sometimes referred to as a "Baker's penny". Often times, one side has wheat/other plants, with the other side indicating who issued it. Hope this helps your quest for identification.

 

Thanks! I'm also wondering if it's a HT token.

 

It would not shock me if it was. These were made for 2 main reasons......
1.) shortage in state-issued currency
2.) HT's like you said

 

I also think the coin/token is a ht token. On the front it looks like a basket of wheat. Other U.S. coins have wheat on them. Because ht tokens were an unofficial type of currency maybe it was designed like other official U.S. coins that have wheat on them. On the back I think I see the letters "BEN__". The coin may be a ht token that has a name of a person who lived back in the 1830s. Not sure who though. Did a little research on ht tokens and found that Martin Van Buren was the president during the "Hard Times". Maybe the letters that I see say "Buren"? Hopefully my post helps you.

 

I have realized that many foreign coins from Britian made there way to the US in the mid and early 1800's. I can make out the words "PENNY" on one side, possibly it is a half penny. Hope this might help a little, do you know what the diameter of the coin is???

 

looks like a Oak tree shiling possibly. http://www.coinfacts.com/colonial_c...er/oak_tree_silver/oak_tree_silver_coins.html

or maybe some other colonial token. Do you mind if we ask what state you found it in?

Probably wrong but you never know

 

Illinois.