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
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
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.
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
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
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!
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.
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?
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
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
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?