what is (or was) this? not much to go on but maybe

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  1. softmentor

    softmentor Well-Known Member

    what is (or was) this? not much to go on but maybe enough to tell what type it once was? the obverse looks like a woman facing right. reverse looks like maybe a lion or tigger?? or some 4 legged creature with someone standing behind or riding on it?
    the face on the obverse is very high relief
    sorry my microscope won't get far enough away and phone wont get any closer/ sharper
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  3. softmentor

    softmentor Well-Known Member

    also, it is the size of a Lincoln cent and much thicker, appears to be copper
    also, coin turns top over bottom like US coin, not L to R like medals
     
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  4. afantiques

    afantiques Well-Known Member

    Looks like the remains of a British King George I farthing. About 1720. You can see the ghost of a seated Britannia on the reverse, if you know what to look for.
     
  5. softmentor

    softmentor Well-Known Member

    hmmmm I think the woman's hair is off the neck more and I can't see the reverse working for that one
    kinda in the right light but kinda don't thing that's the one
     
  6. doug5353

    doug5353 Well-Known Member

    Is this it? #58 1718 Farthing.jpg
    Note "R" at the back of the head, also on OP's coin.
     
  7. softmentor

    softmentor Well-Known Member

    the hair "bun" at the back looks off the neck and is high relief.
    the R does seem possible though. maybe There is something off the top left, off the head and it is higher relief also.
    The head is very high relief.
    Their does not appear to have been a raised rim at all. More like coins of 1700's
    also, coin turns top over bottom like US coin, not L to R like medals
     
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  8. softmentor

    softmentor Well-Known Member

    reverse does seem like a tiger or lion makes me think mid-east? far-east? India?
     
  9. doug5353

    doug5353 Well-Known Member

    Were communion tokens made this small?
     
  10. softmentor

    softmentor Well-Known Member

    dinner call... I'll ask y'all to chew on this for a while. Be back in a bit.
    just a little knot I want to unravel
    Thanks!
     
  11. afantiques

    afantiques Well-Known Member

    I'd not waste any more time trying to identify it as something else. Worn out British coins are something I see a lot of.
     
  12. mackwork

    mackwork Caretaker of old coins & currency

    FWIW I see a standing figure & a lion on the reverse.
     
  13. softmentor

    softmentor Well-Known Member

    If I did my research right this is too small to be a farthing, it is only 18 or 19 millimeters depending on where you measure (not quite perfectly round)
    I do see where the farthing almost fits, what looks like lion's hind legs could be her legs seated, maybe, but I think that farthing would be 28 millimeters? so were there smaller denominations that had similar design?
     
  14. rooman9

    rooman9 Lovin Shiny Things

    Here's the only thing I could find. But the obverse doesn't even look close to the same.
     

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  15. softmentor

    softmentor Well-Known Member

    What is that?
     
  16. rooman9

    rooman9 Lovin Shiny Things

    haha no idea. I just googled coin with a guy on a lion. But it said that it's Atargatis.
     
  17. doug5353

    doug5353 Well-Known Member

    If that's a woman riding an animal, she's sitting side-saddle, facing backwards.
     
  18. Ruben Rael

    Ruben Rael New Member

    I apologize but I am lost where or who would I be able to talk to to find other members that have errors on their coins similar to mine
     
  19. Ruben Rael

    Ruben Rael New Member

    I think I'm in the wrong section but I have a question. where would I go or who would I be able to talk to so that I can find other people or members that have one of a kind error coin?I can't find anyone else that have similar errors or the same errors nowhere on the internet
     
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  20. doug5353

    doug5353 Well-Known Member

    From Wikipedia: The Romans used Barbary lions in the Colosseum to battle with gladiators...

    So did the Nubian or Barbary lion appear on any Roman coins?
     
  21. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    This is Tigger (from Winnie the Pooh).. is that what you see?
    tigger.JPG
     
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