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My 1st old coin with my ACE 250

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	Re: My 1st old coin with my ACE 250 « Reply #10 on: September 06, 2009, 02:48:20 am »

a lady holding a shield is 100% britiannia,look at any pre 1971 pennys and 1/2 pennys and you will see her on them,also the modern 50pence,she dates back to roman times,first appeared on roman coins struck in britian 2000 years ago,the modern word britian comes from the latin word britiannia....no way is that coin a hibernian (irish).Hibernia is also the latin name for ireland,ok the romans never invaided,it means winter land, like the word hibernate (winter sleep),,,come on send a pic and I will know what it is.....mikek

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	Re: My 1st old coin with my ACE 250 « Reply #11 on: September 06, 2009, 01:25:16 pm »

I have it in a air tight case, and put it in a frame, so instead of taking it appart again, I looked up a picture of the exact same coin I have and posting a picture...

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	Re: My 1st old coin with my ACE 250 « Reply #12 on: September 06, 2009, 01:29:18 pm »

You guys are right, I can see the BRI in the work BRITAN on my coin. The TAN is worn. But its exactly like the coin above, except the date is worn and you cant see it. So I have no idea how old the coin is. Any ideas of the dates this exact coin was made?

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	Re: My 1st old coin with my ACE 250 « Reply #13 on: September 06, 2009, 01:39:50 pm »

george the I, 1714-1727,google him.....looks like a 1/2 penny....nice find for the other side of the pond,,,,mike

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	Re: My 1st old coin with my ACE 250 « Reply #14 on: September 06, 2009, 01:49:52 pm »

I cant see the head very well, as its worn alot more then the picture i posted. Are there other coins with the same back, but maybe a different head? George III?

because.... where i was hunting in Delaware beach's, there was a ship called the faithful steward that sank right in front of the beach i was hunting. It sank in 1775-1780 I think it was and the ship was carrying 400 barrels of halfpennys, 2 barrels of gold guineeas(?spelling?) BUT.... the half pennys that is was suposed to be carrying had the harp on the back. Im confused as to where my coin came from. here is a link.....

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	Re: My 1st old coin with my ACE 250 « Reply #15 on: September 06, 2009, 02:01:41 pm »

Irish and british coins had the same value then,right up to 1977.Ireland (EIRE) joined the EMS (europiean monetary system) the new Irish pound or PUNT,was the new currency,untill it joined the Euro in 2002. then 78pence (IRISH)=1euro

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	Re: My 1st old coin with my ACE 250 « Reply #16 on: September 06, 2009, 02:06:06 pm »

Just found this info....

"400 barrels containing British half pennies and gold rose guineas were lost in the 1785 shipwreck of the Philadelphia-bound Faithful Steward near the Indian River Inlet. In the 200 years since, thousands of finds have given the stretch of Delaware Seashore State Park just above the inlet the name ?Coin Beach?.

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So that coin is alot older then I thought.... No way it could be newer?

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	Re: My 1st old coin with my ACE 250 « Reply #17 on: September 06, 2009, 08:47:00 pm »

What a lovely coin. Time to dig out the books. Back soon.
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Found a reference for you. Good news is, it is one great looking coin.

Bad news is, not worth much but you now have a great story to tell about it being cargo on a famous shipwreck. Congratulations again on finding a bit of history. Keep looking for the yellow ones.

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	Re: My 1st old coin with my ACE 250 « Reply #18 on: December 19, 2009, 01:29:30 am »

I'm new at this and my detector seems to give an increasing tone as I approach salt water. Can't seem to adjust the ground balance to tone out the seawater/sand effect, so I mainly hunt on the dry sand where I can shoot for coins etc..
I'm currently reseraching several old wrecks that came to grief on a point near where I live on a remote part of the South African coast. At least 2 of them were "treasure ships" of the British & Dutch East India company. Lots of bodies and coins have washed up over the last 300 years and the local fisherman are always finding them in the tidal pools. As far as I know I'll be one of the first guys to go down there with a metal detector, so wish me luck

p.s. I have a chinese made military spec TS-150. A simple but powerful detector that doesn't like salt water...

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	Re: My 1st old coin with my ACE 250 « Reply #19 on: December 19, 2009, 05:47:02 am »

jvz7 I am a researcher of wrecksites . I like to find out more about the wrecks you discovered . Their names and destination and cargo . If you want to help me it would please me very much . Could you post a map of the location . I am not after possible gold , just the story behind them . If I know more about these wrecks I will post all my findings on this forum . I do already have most of the wrecks on the African coast located and investigated . This would be a nice project for the first coming wintermonths . Regards Cornelius

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