Can someone please help?

I am not a coin expert by any means, but a family friend found this in his yard underground with a metal detector. Anyone have any ideas of what kind of coin it is? If it is worth anything?

 

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Large Cent, 1834-1857, I think.

 

That looks like a very worn V-Nickel. Looks that way due to Environmental Damage being buried a long time. And it has a counterstamp.

 

Or a Large Copper Cent with counterstamp

 

I just went through a pile of large cents, and I believe that is definitely a large cent.

The font for "Liberty" is different than the font for a V nickel.

In that condition, it's worth zilch! Unless you find a counterstamp collector, in which case it's worth a little more than zilch.

But still - an awesome find!

 

How much does it weigh?

Liberty nickel: ~5 grams
Braided hair large cent: ~10.89 grams

 

Can you post a picture of the Reverse side?

 

Also the size - if it's around half dollar size, it's a large cent. If it's around nickel size it's a nickel.

 

This, and also what's the diameter, 23mm or closer to 27mm?

 

large cent with a counter mark.

environmental damage.

 

Rotated the image for your viewing pleasure!

 

Looks nicer than 90% of the ruined cents I just bought

 

Cool find. I wonder if Bruce (@BRandM) could shed some light on that counterstamp?

 

That last image shows the head of a large cent or half real well.

 

Flip it over and take a pic

 

I don't think it is a V nickel or a large cent. Very interesting find! I am looking forward to seeing what this really is.

 

What a neat and unique find. Looks like a large cent to me. I'd like to see the reverse. It's a shame someone recently scraped the edge to reveal copper. That lowered what little value there was. Nice counter stamp as well.

 

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11:00 shiny copper.