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Pillar of the Community
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That's awesome! Congrats!  Do you have any conservation plans for it? |
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Nice! I will own one of those one day. I see the fuzzy posted his ms70 of the more common "COPY" variety  |
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Thanks for the nice comments everyone!
TJsCoins, I've thought about conservation. It does have verdigris, especially on the edge.
I don't think acetone would hurt.
Yeah p, detectorists are finding Colonials that were otherwise thought to have not circulated here.
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Fuzzy, send it to SGS, they'll authenticate for ya :P
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Pillar of the Community
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Nice example Dave! Looks about as loved as mine.
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i want one of these...
what I love about your coin is the story...old northeast property in MA...probably lots of hidden history around that place...so good to know that whatever old soul from the past dropped this coin is smiling from above that it was found is now in the hands of someone who will love it and treasure it...
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I often think like that too dsfreeworld. That Colonial home is long gone yet the coin remains where it was dropped.
Probably down there at night, candle in hand, hole in his/her pocket.
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Pillar of the Community
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Nah, he's probably looking down thinking, "That's where that went! I went without pipe tobacco for a week when I lost that!"
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The year, 1795. It's pouring rain but you have to go into town for supplies. Not knowing there is a tear in your coat pocket, you finally reach the town's general store, get your needed supplies and food goods, reach into your coat pocket to pull out your Half Eagle...not there. A weeks wages gone along the muddy dirt road  swcoin.ecrater.com
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Been doing my best on the ID of the obverse die. Not easy, with BUSINESS being so indistinct. The top of the D is clearly lower than the top of the N in MIND, suggesting 4, 11, 16, and 18. The line that separates the exergue in Fugios is what I would call a variation of an "egg and dart" pattern, and the left upright of the N in MIND on this coin comes up to barely to the right of one of these "eggs," or rounded elements. Another egg is inbetween the D and Y. I think this narrows it down to 16, especially looking at FUGIO, where a line drawn across the top serifs of the you does not intersect the G, and the top of the I angles toward the G, and away from the O. Can't see a thing on the middle of the reverse, but only two reverses were paired with 16, H and N. What do you think?
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On the 16 obverse, YOUR and BUSINESS start slanting upward gradually, especially the "UR" of YOUR. I can see this trend under a 10X so yes, 16 is a very good possibility.
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Photobucket does not like you any more.
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Pillar of the Community
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Oops! Your pics went bye-bye!
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Give me a minute swcoin.ecrater.com
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I guess when your moving pics to sub-albums on Photobucket, these things happen  swcoin.ecrater.com
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