One The Thinnest Coppers I Found

[kac]

Buddy and I were hitting an old area for a bit and I found this thin copper. I think it's a king george 2 half penny from mid 1700's. Surprisingly as thin as it is it has some detail left. You can see kg facing left and back has the gal. Probably too thin to bounce around the tumber so I left it as is.

I also found a broken crotal bell as well as some tiny buttons common in the area. He found a nice pewter button or pin. Thinking it was a decoration from a saddle?

Ground was finally a little wet so the targets hit well. Been so dry we haven't been hunting much.

[Valens Legacy]

Another great find with some history behind it.

Good luck on your next hunt and stay safe out there.

[rvpopeye]

Double good day !  🥸

[Bob S.]

A deceased hunting partner of mine used to call any thin coins found "razor blades"! 🙂 Can you imagine the amount of circulation wear it would take to thin them down like that! In the case of copper coins, it could also be ground chemical erosion. The button could be from an exclusive equestrian riding club.

[Ridge Runner]

4 hours ago, Bob S. said:

A deceased hunting partner of mine used to call any thin coins found "razor blades"! 🙂 Can you imagine the amount of circulation wear it would take to thin them down like that! In the case of copper coins, it could also be ground chemical erosion. The button could be from an exclusive equestrian riding club.

Bob

 That one time as you know I’m sure you have seen the large cent but they also made the 1/2 cent. It was the same diameter and half as thick.

 Chuck 

[kac]

Found a few other halfs in the same area and they where almost as thin. This one has some descent detail left for its age considering majority of the coppers here have no detail. At first I almost thought it was a tombac.

[Joe D.]

A worthy find any day Ken! Congratulations!🍀👍👍

[Hunterjunk]

Turf club button maybe ? Very nice find .

[Bob S.]

18 hours ago, Ridge Runner said:

Bob

 That one time as you know I’m sure you have seen the large cent but they also made the 1/2 cent. It was the same diameter and half as thick.

 Chuck 

Chuck that is an interesting subject because most available spec's of old U.S. coins don't include thickness, whereas British coins do. The largest British Penny was known as the "Cartwheel". It was 37 mm in diameter and 3 mm thick. I've only seen one come to the surface and it was found by one of my hunting partners. The more common British Half-Penny was 28.7 mm in diameter and 1.5 mm thick and half as you mention.

In contrast I took measurements of U.S. coins I've found that were retrieved in better than average wear. First is an 1802 Draped Bust Large Cent, 28.5 mm in diameter by 2.2 mm thick. Second is an 1807 Draped Bust Half-Cent which is 23 mm in diameter and 1.44 mm thick. Obviously the fractional millimeter sizes on my coins accounts for the differences to published values. I measured the coins with a dial caliper at center and converted to millimeters by multiplying by 25.4. The U.S. and State mints seems to have used the British Half-Penny as a model for their Large Cents.