sas Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 Hi this is my first post so I hope I'm posting in the right place! I have a coin dated 1789 which I had been presuming was British but am now puzzled as to whether it is after checking the descriptions on this site...it is a copper/gold colour though tarnished black, measures 29mm across the widest point. the writing around the edge is hard to make out but on one side it has a large shield in the centre with 17 to the left of it and 89 to the right of it. The reverse has a central large image though too worn to say for certain what it is. I wonder if anyone has any ideas as to what it may be? Thank you Quote
HistoricCoinage Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 (edited) Welcome to the forum sas!Photos would help immensely. Edited March 19, 2009 by HistoricCoinage Quote
Red Riley Posted March 19, 2009 Posted March 19, 2009 Hi this is my first post so I hope I'm posting in the right place! I have a coin dated 1789 which I had been presuming was British but am now puzzled as to whether it is after checking the descriptions on this site...it is a copper/gold colour though tarnished black, measures 29mm across the widest point. the writing around the edge is hard to make out but on one side it has a large shield in the centre with 17 to the left of it and 89 to the right of it. The reverse has a central large image though too worn to say for certain what it is. I wonder if anyone has any ideas as to what it may be? Thank youIf you haven't got the facilities to post a picture, I would mention that there really wasn't much going on in British coinange in 1789; the guinea, its fractions and a few maundy bits but that was about it. Possibly a trade token, although most of those were dated a few years later. Quote
sas Posted March 19, 2009 Author Posted March 19, 2009 Hi this is my first post so I hope I'm posting in the right place! I have a coin dated 1789 which I had been presuming was British but am now puzzled as to whether it is after checking the descriptions on this site...it is a copper/gold colour though tarnished black, measures 29mm across the widest point. the writing around the edge is hard to make out but on one side it has a large shield in the centre with 17 to the left of it and 89 to the right of it. The reverse has a central large image though too worn to say for certain what it is. I wonder if anyone has any ideas as to what it may be? Thank youIf you haven't got the facilities to post a picture, I would mention that there really wasn't much going on in British coinange in 1789; the guinea, its fractions and a few maundy bits but that was about it. Possibly a trade token, although most of those were dated a few years later. Quote
sas Posted March 19, 2009 Author Posted March 19, 2009 this is the reverse of the coin, much harder to make out due to wear and tear. Best pics I could get, turns out coins are tricky things to photograph! Quote
HistoricCoinage Posted March 20, 2009 Posted March 20, 2009 Looks to be this:1789 'Cronebane' Halfpenny. The obverse reads CRONEBANE HALFPENNY around the bishop. The reverse reads ASSOCIATED IRISH MINE COMPANY around a coat of arms. The edge should read PAYABLE AT CRONEBANE LODGE. Quote
sas Posted March 21, 2009 Author Posted March 21, 2009 Looks to be this:1789 'Cronebane' Halfpenny. The obverse reads CRONEBANE HALFPENNY around the bishop. The reverse reads ASSOCIATED IRISH MINE COMPANY around a coat of arms. The edge should read PAYABLE AT CRONEBANE LODGE.That's it thank you very much! anyone any idea if it's of any value? Quote
HistoricCoinage Posted March 22, 2009 Posted March 22, 2009 Well, the condition of yours is quite poor. So I would not expect much at all, maybe a pound or two, if that. Quote
sas Posted March 24, 2009 Author Posted March 24, 2009 Well, the condition of yours is quite poor. So I would not expect much at all, maybe a pound or two, if that.Thank for all your help! Quote
Chris Perkins Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 A pound!! I've scrapped better copper tokens than that! The condition is absolutely dire, but at least you now know what it is. Quote
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