Based off of the reverse with the harp it's Irish, on the front it looks like a horse head facing left. But I can't find any old Irish coins with that description... anyone know anything I don't? Thank you in advance
Maybe a Canadian token? https://en.numista.com/catalogue/in...i=&b=&d=harp&u=&a=&dg=&m=&f=&t=&w=&mt=&g=&se=
My guess was some sort of token as well. Many used the harp symbol. Do you have a weight and diameter? I'm not really seeing a horse head on the obverse. Can you confirm the orientation of the obverse using the harp? I think most of these tokens used coin alignment. Early Canada tokens use a lot of different motifs, but I can't remember seeing any with a horse on the front. Since that's where the ruler's portrait usually goes, I imagine replacing it with a horse might cause offense to the king!
Keep in mind this is a well worn whatever-it-is Diameter is 1in. weight: 3.7 grams when checking the orientation would I check like I would American coins or like I would Canadian?
By coin orientation, I meant flip it from the harp side top to bottom (coin orientation) rather than side to side (medal orientation). True some Canadian coins use medal orientation, but most of the tokens I spot checked on Numista were listed as coin alignment. 3.7 g and ~25 mm is a reasonable size for a half penny token. About the same as this one, for example. It may well have been a good part of a gram heavier when it was new.
Would be nice to see the front in even lighting, but I'm nut sure if it will help. The top and top right look vaguely floral or botanical to me.
Yes, definitely the Irish (Hibernia) harp, and so likely a 17th or 18th century copper, but whether Irish halfpenny or Canadian token, I cannot say.
Wait... I think I see GEORGIVS on the obverse (the side opposite the harp). Which means a King George copper. That puts it post-1714. So essentially from the 1700s. I think it's an Irish halfpenny, or a contemporary counterfeit of one.
Something similar to this, though it might not be George II like the one I just linked to. The "horse head" aspect of the obverse portrait is a bit of a mirage/false lead, I think, based on the corrosion and the contours of the coin. That's George's head there (one of the Georges, anyway), though he's not terribly recognizable due to the condition of the coin.
