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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ditto ... an outstanding ground find ... and terrible advice from the coin shop.
Well worth slabbing this coin.
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Valued Member
United States
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Great story. Congrats. You have received some very good advice here. I would not be in a rush to do anything other than preserve it, get eval by PCGS when ready, and enjoy.
One can only fantasize as to how and when that coin ended up in the ground
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Nothing to add except dittos. Congrats. Definitely contact GreatCollections and avoid that coin shop in the future.
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New Member
 United States
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 So it turns out it's actually a Half Dime. Fooled me, since it's larger than a mid 1800s Half Dime and slightly smaller than a dime. AU Details-bent (The bent part I don't see, but no matter) |
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Guess we should have asked for weight. Regardless, an equally great find. Congrats again!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Coinfrog called it LM-2 and thus recognized it as a Half Dime in the 3rd post of this thread the day that the coin images were posted. That was an amazing call.  IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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United States
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wow, congrats on the awesome find!
I've been collecting for a couple years... Favorite Coin's are Standing Liberty quarters, Working on my type set | Coffee, Corvettes, Coins & the CCF what could be better? |
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United States
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Fantastic!! Considering it is a metal detecting find, I am impressed the only thing going against it is that the coin is bent. Also, that was a quick turn around time for a TPG. Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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If it doesn't lay flat all the way, then is bent?
Glad you got it back quick, and congrats again on a great find.
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United States
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Very nice !
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Awesome find. Don't trust that coin shop. It's damaged but worth at least double what they offered you if graded..I scrolled back up and you had it graded. Good for you. Very nice find. Btw how deep was it? What type of metal detector? and what were the pre set settings for the terrain type?
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02/23/2022 9:42 pm
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New Member
United States
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Found with a Minelab Equinox 800, 11" coil, Field 2 mode, about 4" deep in a farm field. I neglected to mention I paid for the conservation service with NGC. I don't know what method they use but the dark discoloration was greatly improved.
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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A great find. I congratulate you. Well done for sending the coin to NGC. You got a good grade. I think you should keep this coin as a keepsake, but of course it's up to you.
Congratulations again.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Interesting piece of early American numismatic history, in relatively nice condition.
Thin bent coins can be flattened to some extend by carefully squeezing between two sheets of hard rubber in a vise.
I have used this technique quite successfully on silver coins less than 300 years old, but always a risk (may snap in two!), with much older coins, due to the possibility of silver crystallization .
I do not think OK to proceed in this case, because if there is any bending, it is not severe enough, judging from the pictures. Besides, it is slabbed anyway.
I cannot see any wear in Lib's hair, so I agree with the slab grading.
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02/25/2022 05:53 am
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