1652 New England 3 Pence?

I have a 1794 V-4 Half Dime that I bought for a reasonable price after it came back to a dealer in an NGC bodybag unauthenticated. I have shown it to other dealers, who believe it is genuine. That is good enough for me.

For the right price this three pence would be good enough for me too. If NGC can't authenticate a US regular issue coin, it's understandable that they (or anyone else) would have trouble with a colonial with no provenance.

Well, I did talk to the person who had it recently in hand, for authentication, so if the OP has sold it, it would have had to have been a very recent activity.
For a What It's Worth Perspective: I worked in a Massachusetts North Shore town, settled in the Pilgrim Decade, in a shop that sold metal detectors. It took a few years before the dedicated cadre of detectorists would trust me; when that happened I was shown a couple of handfuls of recovered Massachusetts Silver coins, including a surprising amount of cut pieces. No New England pieces, no Willows (although one day I did buy a Willow Shilling that was found in the floorboards of the oldest house in Dennis). So, just speculating on that tiny sample, it would seem that those issues were probably long gone in circulation by the 1670's. What we do know, is that at least one NE issue was in England in 1652. I know that because I owned a 1652-3 edition of an English book on coins, in which the author described a curious plain silver coin marked "XII" on one side, and "NE" on the other, he contemplating that it was a Norwich(e) Shilling of some sort.

The glorious advantage of getting back into coin collecting now is enjoying all 31 pages of this sub, drama and all, today. How exciting! Whether or not we see a resolution to this story, I'm subbed! :)

Oh, Paralyse, I'm sorry that you can't take me "at Face Value". I did talk to the person, so if you want to call me a liar that's up to you, but it's an incorrect assumption that I did not.

paralyse,"what? Do you think that this whole story is made up? That there is no coin and no "larsjan"?

jacrispies added a reply as I was writing this, didn't see it... it adds credence.

RE: what Grouchy said... Putting 2 + 2 together, I'm quite sure I happen to know the numismatic acquaintance he referenced (I didn't realize he had left there, was actually supposed to run some material through him that I've procrastinated on - but in checking that indeed seems to be the case).

The person I think grouchy was referring to definitely has the expertise to be involved with vetting this piece. Do his first and last names end with the same letter, grouchy? (I tried messaging you directly, but your acct. doesn't accept). And anybody else, if you happen to think you know who he's (I'm) talking about... let's not say, yes? Rather than making gossip here or outing someone, my point is to show that at least one person who's not a storyteller thinks it sounds like there's something here besides made-up trolling.

I'll also say that if that's true, it's clearly being discussed and is probably the source of internal debate amongst people who punch at a much higher weight class than us amateur yo-yos on an online forum. There are controversial antiques, art pieces, etc. that get debated for decades or even centuries... and there are also such pieces that sometimes never see the light of day. Deal with it.

ALSO understand... WHOOOOO exactly is going to introduce this piece to the world via press release or similar, even IF gets authenticated authoritatively, if it isn't certified by P or N and/or auctioned publicly?

Dear all,

Here I would like to give a sign of life and report that the story is not over yet.
Please know that I immediately read every message posted in this topic and that I am grateful for all the support I still receive after all these years.
Unfortunately, I still can't give you an update because I promised not to release any more information.
Believe me I will do that as soon as I can, the story started here with you, and however it turns out, it will end here.
The research takes a lot of time, and that is a good thing, it means that it is done very thoroughly.

Thank you all so much and I hope to be able to report something soon.