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<p>[QUOTE="I_Love_Silver, post: 1146355, member: 30181"]<b>Colonial Copper?- Farthing</b></p><p><br /></p><p>When I found this I rubbed it between my fingers and wiped it with a wet cloth to read it. It was unreadable at best and now I hope that I didn't ruin the value but at least I can see the design now ~HOWEVER it was brought to my attention that this COULD be a J.F. Atlee or Buehl. What do you think? I actually found this with my metal detector down south. North Carolina I believe, in the 1980's. All signs point to it being real but I want your opinion. What do you think it is and what do you thik it's worth? I believe it to be a VERY old counterfiet coin. Still of value but the reason I think that its a counterfeit is that all of the coins I have seen similar similar have the lady & scales facing the opposite direction, Iknow some are oriented this way but I have my suspicions. The wear on it is not it's original becuse of a shovel strike (very slight ding on back) and cleaning (shiny high points) to see what it was.</p><p>[ATTACH]118141.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]118140.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="I_Love_Silver, post: 1146355, member: 30181"][b]Colonial Copper?- Farthing[/b] When I found this I rubbed it between my fingers and wiped it with a wet cloth to read it. It was unreadable at best and now I hope that I didn't ruin the value but at least I can see the design now ~HOWEVER it was brought to my attention that this COULD be a J.F. Atlee or Buehl. What do you think? I actually found this with my metal detector down south. North Carolina I believe, in the 1980's. All signs point to it being real but I want your opinion. What do you think it is and what do you thik it's worth? I believe it to be a VERY old counterfiet coin. Still of value but the reason I think that its a counterfeit is that all of the coins I have seen similar similar have the lady & scales facing the opposite direction, Iknow some are oriented this way but I have my suspicions. The wear on it is not it's original becuse of a shovel strike (very slight ding on back) and cleaning (shiny high points) to see what it was. [ATTACH]118141.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]118140.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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