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Pillar of the Community
United States
1211 Posts |
1793 Half Cent: Obverse is heavily corroded and pic was taken with the surface lightly wet and drying. Reverse is as seen, dry.    |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3546 Posts |
Hi,
What exactly are we supposed to be determining about this coin?
mdpmedia
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4212 Posts |
Head left, WOW. Could I be so bold as to ask how you stumbled upon it?
Did you know what you had?
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
Excellent find! Was this a detector find?
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1211 Posts |
"Ground found" coin. Just wanted to share my excitement. Thanks for looking!
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Valued Member
United States
305 Posts |
cool detector find  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3546 Posts |
Hi,
What does everyone think something like this could be sold for on the retail market: w/o any additional cleanings or touch-ups?
mdpmedia
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3253 Posts |
Trust me, I'm an Easterner, and only jerseyben seems to have the ability to pull these ancient treasures from the ground like ripe carrots. I think he's made a pact with Satan.
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Valued Member
United States
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Moderator
 United States
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Wow! Extremely tough coin in any grade. I am going to go out on a limb here and say it was an XF, possibly AU coin when it was lost in the ground. Having said that, with the severe corrosion which now plagues your coin, I would net it down to probably a G4 details coin.
IMO, your looking at over $2,000 to the right collector. I would send this to ANACS for sure. Congratulations! That's why I hate you guys on the East coast...you find all the good stuff ;-)
swcoin.ecrater.com
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Pillar of the Community
United States
917 Posts |
Count me as one of the jealous crowd. That would stay in my collection just to say look what I found.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1374 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1211 Posts |
Anyone care to take a crack at the variety? I can tell by the dot in the middle of Half Cent that it is NOT C-1. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2540 Posts |
Great detecting find.
Congrats
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3253 Posts |
Looks like the reverse that was used for C-2 and C-3, but, boy, the obverse is tough. Any chance of better views of the letters of LIBERTY?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8521 Posts |
Is there any way to "conserve" that coin ?
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Posted 10/14/2012 8:12 pm
