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"1817 Coin" - 5/12/2004 8:46:16 PM    Kim   Posts: 199 Joined: 2/25/2004 Status: offline Hi All Can anybody tell me about this coin please?. It is in reasonable condition considering the age. 187 years on out it pops from the ground. Thanks Heaps Kim Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: "1817 Coin" - 5/12/2004 8:49:17 PM    Kim   Posts: 199 Joined: 2/25/2004 Status: offline and the back of it Attachment (1) (in reply to Kim) Post #: 2

RE: "1817 Coin" - 5/12/2004 9:36:18 PM    IRISH   Posts: 1238 Joined: 11/23/2002 From: cockatoo Australia Status: offline It's amazing how old a lot of the coins are that turn up on the Goldfields, thing is though if you look at your small change now you will probably have coins 20 or 30 years old in there so it was the same back then, the oldest coin I have ever found is a halfpenny with 17?? on it it's almost totaly worn smooth. It is a nice coin that one of your's , if you do a google search on "british coins" or the like you will find some very good websites on the subject. (in reply to Kim) Post #: 3

RE: "1817 Coin" - 5/12/2004 9:52:53 PM    Kim   Posts: 199 Joined: 2/25/2004 Status: offline Hey Irish Thanks, I will go look it up on the net and se what I come up with. Your coin sounds interesting. I have posted another pic just of some chinese coins (amongst others) for people to see. Thanks Kim Attachment (1) (in reply to IRISH) Post #: 4

RE: "1817 Coin" - 5/13/2004 10:52:23 AM    O.T. digger   Posts: 125 Joined: 3/23/2004 From: KINGFISHER OKLAHOMA Status: offline I started out as a coincollector and went to bottles I will look it up in my book tonight. (in reply to Kim) Post #: 5

RE: "1817 Coin" - 5/15/2004 9:37:03 AM    Danoh   Posts: 50 Joined: 3/28/2004 Status: offline You have a silver Shilling from Great Britain. It is worth anywhere from $5-$20. Nice find. If you would like to look it up in Krause's Standard catalog of World Coins the number is Great Britain 666. (in reply to Kim) Post #: 6

RE: "1817 Coin" - 5/16/2004 3:22:17 AM    Kim   Posts: 199 Joined: 2/25/2004 Status: offline Hey Danoh Thanks heaps. We have a range of coins but we never really do much with them because we are interested in gold detecting. I guess when I am too old to detect I will have something to do ie. research all our other finds. It is much easier to cheat and ask the forum, lol, there is such a broadband of knowledge out there. Thanks again. Regards Kim Hey O.T Haven't seen much of you on the forum lately, does this mean you having been digging? (in reply to Danoh) Post #: 7

RE: "1817 Coin" - 5/16/2004 3:42:02 AM    kendolbottles1black   Posts: 118 Joined: 1/9/2004 From: QLD AUSTRALIA Status: offline hey kim, i have a lot of those coins with the square hole in the middle. must have been the main money for the chinese on the goldfields. they must have traded between themselves because that kind of money wouldnt be much good in aus. by for now ken (in reply to Kim) Post #: 8

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