What is this and value?

[Slam]

Hi all,

Hope you had a great Xmas day.

Just been asked about some coins that look really old. Just wondering if anyone has any knowledge about them.

I've searched the internet for some answers and found similar.

Thanks

Edited December 26, 2022 by Slam

[Slam]

Found similar  Here

[watchesandwhisky]

Looks like a cartwheel penny, and seems to be "counterstamped" I suspect that is where the value may be, in that counterstamp if it is anything interesting so you will need to do some reasearch.

[Petra]

The counter stamp may add some value, however, that is otherwise a pretty rough example, worth a few pounds.🤔

[LawrenceChard]

2 hours ago, Slam said:

Hi all,

Hope you had a great Xmas day.

Just been asked about some coins that look really old. Just wondering if anyone has any knowledge about them.

I've searched the internet for some answers and found similar.

Thanks

Not much knowledge is necessary.

It is clearly George III, made of copper, and the date 1797 is just about decipherable. 

Whether it is a penny or a twopence is more difficult from a photo, but  if you either weigh it or measure it, you will be able to tell which.

We have some in similar condition in our scrap copper bucket.

As always, better grade ones are much more desirable, for example:

https://24carat.co.uk/frame.php?url=1797cartwheelpenny.html

https://24carat.co.uk/frame.php?url=twopenceindx.html

But I see we omitted to state the diameter on those two old pages.

😎

[Slam]

Thank you all. Got given some interesting coins which looks like will need to do more research soon when time permits. 

[SidS]

Copper penny weighs about 1oz, twopence weighs about 2oz.