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Metal Kiwi  
Posted : Monday, 3 March 2014 11:22:24 AM(UTC)
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Cool finds. Specially the gold pencil thingy.

Gothic florins have the date as part of the numerals around the circumference from memory.
Takes a bit of working out.

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roy1954  
Posted : Tuesday, 4 March 2014 9:19:09 AM(UTC)
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nice going some great finds there the florin will be pre 1900 look for the latin numerals on it mcx;;;;;;; to get the date
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Posted : Tuesday, 4 March 2014 9:48:09 AM(UTC)
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Yea nice old finds! Sweet!
There's another to find and I'm gunna find it!
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Posted : Sunday, 9 March 2014 11:25:47 AM(UTC)
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Hi there Lepresean, you have been finding some great stuff lately. Enjoying your threads.

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Iggyrulz  
Posted : Wednesday, 2 April 2014 7:25:00 PM(UTC)
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Nice piece of work Sean, keep at it, which I am sure you will with success like that.
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Posted : Monday, 14 April 2014 8:33:05 PM(UTC)
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Have found a very interesting 1916 Half penny, at first I thought it was a foreign silver, number 76 on the gold bug...not an un reasonable number for a half penny or a silver. Found in the Dunedin bush in a spot where I am finding similar aged pennies but not many old silver, most being 1933 on, the oldest 3d 1922. The half penny cleaned up quite nice in the cloudy ammonia. I'm thinking it could be somebodys experiment in silver plating...but looking at the wire cutter/plier cut mark, it seems to be solid silver! The surface is not very smooth on the head side and looks like it could have been cast? Has me stumped! It is the same size as a regular 1/2d, but not as thick which could be wear, not sure on weight I will have to compare, edge is smooth with no type of seam or any other sign of forgery......any ideas? Compared the weight to regular 1/2d and seem about the same on my dodgy scales to be roughly 5gram, so thinking it be coated :/

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Metal Kiwi  
Posted : Monday, 14 April 2014 9:07:21 PM(UTC)
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Could have been silver plated after the surface marks were made perhaps.
The weight will be a good clue.


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Ecurb  
Posted : Monday, 14 April 2014 9:38:59 PM(UTC)
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When I went to school we used to silver plate half pennies and pass them over at half time at the pictures on a Saturday night for a shilling when we were buying an ice cream or a drink.
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Posted : Monday, 14 April 2014 10:38:50 PM(UTC)
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Great find Sean, will be very interesting to see what the weight comes in at......could be quite unique if it's solid.
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Posted : Wednesday, 16 April 2014 9:14:00 AM(UTC)
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Nice, hopefully it's solid silver.

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number8wire  
Posted : Wednesday, 23 April 2014 11:25:53 AM(UTC)
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So Sean, a solid silver or plated half penny???........dying to know!
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Posted : Wednesday, 23 April 2014 12:20:17 PM(UTC)
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So Sean, a solid silver or plated half penny???........dying to know!


Hi the half penny seems to weigh about the same as several others of similar wear that I compared it to, and was roughly 5 gram using my dodgy scales, so it seem likely to be plated....oh well....it is still going into my collection for sure :)
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Posted : Thursday, 24 April 2014 8:43:50 AM(UTC)
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Great find all the same. Hope to find one like that myself some day.

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LepreSean  
Posted : Wednesday, 11 June 2014 6:58:18 PM(UTC)
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some recent finds from the Dunedin bush :) Motorbike badge, gold cufflink, silver earring, button with what looks like a cannon? Butterfly broach and a silver metal broach with ducks? NZ Army hat badge? and a cross badge with BKS on it, not sure what that means.

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Posted : Wednesday, 11 June 2014 8:03:10 PM(UTC)
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some great finds there iam sure someone in dunedin is going to hit the jackpot nice one
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Posted : Wednesday, 11 June 2014 8:32:56 PM(UTC)
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Great finds there Sean, hard to pick a favourite so I wont.
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