RCO
Well-Known Member
truly an unexpected discovery I found this coin on the weekend at a park not far from where I live .
at the time was cleaning up a broken modern wine bottle which was near an old rock , after I had finished doing that noticed something sticking out of the ground in an upright position . at first assumed it was a quarter or a loonie (Canada's dollar coin ) as it was about the same size
but soon realised it was much older and actually a penny from the 1900's as they still used the large ones here in that period before they switched to smaller ones , first though date said 1918 but after looking closer it appears to be from 1913 . both are rather common years and not worth a lot in this condition
still its one of the older coins I've found in the wild here that actually had a date I could read , haven't had much luck finding old coins here .
tried to take some pictures but my camera is horrible for coins and they might be difficult to see
at the time was cleaning up a broken modern wine bottle which was near an old rock , after I had finished doing that noticed something sticking out of the ground in an upright position . at first assumed it was a quarter or a loonie (Canada's dollar coin ) as it was about the same size
but soon realised it was much older and actually a penny from the 1900's as they still used the large ones here in that period before they switched to smaller ones , first though date said 1918 but after looking closer it appears to be from 1913 . both are rather common years and not worth a lot in this condition
still its one of the older coins I've found in the wild here that actually had a date I could read , haven't had much luck finding old coins here .
tried to take some pictures but my camera is horrible for coins and they might be difficult to see