It's a North American Token, it's Colonial but the ones I've seen have the ship reverse, like this one! So close but no cigar! Also, I think yours is from Ireland, I could be wrong but I'm close! https://www.ebay.com/itm/256816116803?_skw=north+american+coin&itmmeta=01JTCFSD6BEWEH3KT7XTTSP812&hash=item3bcb6ef443:g:vrYAAOSwqTdnrkIt&itmprp=enc:AQAKAAAA0FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1f/azTDWgto+xFAH2d8IOQ2wYItR+/r2WNUuLIUN6tZOH/5B31mNTdC7vwdU8GMy5qQVhYe9h/Ud2ymZggWWSPozUefug+XWQv/pr7UbTGVhjh1PnQkpQ/DjaepecamBwH+WAepRAiRQL9utHwcCm8v6nGMgnMiFumzQinq6PQCfU7z1oxJ3jXBM48s5UEFyRUylRdSuhd3X2KfPSPsxqVx0+NdvSLa8TYedNXbmWZUoAzSYzpkaAEnLcifKvzw5aU=|tkp:Bk9SR6rT5Y_TZQ
The coin you posted is a Connecticut copper . auctori connec: By authority of Connecticut. There are different types. Nice old colonial copper.
Yes, that's about the best assessment. It's too worn to get the variety though. Nice historical piece just the same!
Pretty nice color and surfaces! It's a 1786 5.9-B.1 which is a Rarity 5 variety, rarity 5 translates to 46-60 estimated known. Nice coin, I like it!
Actually, this is pretty nice for one of these, you often have a lot less to work with. I've spent days staring at these with nothing but a few letters and a vague outline!
Coins of this age circulated heavily and small numbers were minted. Easy to understand why they wore down fast.
Yep, you got it! Interesting how it looks like a cross between a Machin's Mills and a North American token, similarities for sure!
There are connections to Machin, The Connecticut coppers were modeled after the British halfpenny of the day as it was the most common copper coin the population saw and were familiar with it. What are most often called Machin's Mills pieces are copies of the British halfpenny, but also Machin's also made some of the 1787 Connecticut coppers and most likely all of those dated 1788. No connection at all to the North American token though, as it was made some 30 years later in England.
