Please identify - undated large copper cent?

I have this extremely well worn copper large cent. I'm just curious what country it is from.

The reverse looks similar to the reverses of British cents, but the guy on front looks unfamiliar.

 

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That's Jefferson! Oh wait the coin

 

Come to think of it, the head does look somewhat like Jefferson...

 

1785-1788 head facing left connecticut copper. Cant tell much more than that though.

 

Just look for connecticut under post colonial issues in the red book

 

Thanks! That's quite a bit older than I thought. Too bad it's not in better condition...

 

Looks to me like a British King George II old head Copper, I think I see the "II" at around 1'o clock

Thew seated figure on the back looks more like Britannia than whoever is on the back of the Connecticut copper.

 

There are quite a few british coins that share a very similar design. I'd encourage the OP to take a much closer look to determine if it is indeed a US colonial or a British coin.

I do agree that there is a likely possibility of it being a colonial because of the obverse portrait.

 

Looks quite close to the Conn. 1786 copper, draped bust, given the features.

 

Here's a CT copper in comparison

 

Thanks! I'll see if I can loupe some more details out of this thing

 

Here's a comparison of it with a 1736 King George II

 

I'll go with King George. I see the II on the 1 o clock position on both of them.

 

Here's the reverse

 

Guess i've never paid much attention how similar the two are. Leave it to connecticut to copy someone else's design lol

 

Certainly coinman got it first. There are pretty common in that condition. GThe main thing is that it is NOT a CENT. It's a halfpenny.

 

I believe most Brits at the time would have called is a ha-penny actually.

 

In its current condition it's probably only worth half a penny anyways

 

Hapny, actually with the ha pronounced hay. You'd be pretty stuck up to call it a haypenny. I'm pretty sure there would be a few of these in my Georgian coppers junk box in the shed.