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United States
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If anybody's following this listing, and wants a rarity 5+ to 6 colonial, I'm pretty sure it's a 1788 Miller 15.2-P. Would be more than happy to have someone independently check my work, though! http://www.ebay.com/itm/231048811102  |
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United States
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I am drooling! I am afraid to ask what a fair price for it would be (in case the seller is watching...).  |
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United States
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Well, I just bid it up some. Was hoping it would be cheap as this would be my first colonial. Not sure what a fair price would be, so I stopped with what I was comfortable with.
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United States
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Looks like it topped out at $26.00.
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United States
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I owe slowaltima an apology - that was me. I am sorry, if I had known I was not the only interested CCFer I would have backed off. I thought with the time of day that no one else would see and nearly had a heart attack when I realized I had bid against another CCF member.  |
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Did I start a bidding war? My bad!
An interesting little assemblage. Assuming all the coins were in situ as a group, the date range is at least seventy years, as the earliest of those Canada pennies was minted in 1858. Did all these coins circulate together in mid-19th-century New Hampshire? Or are we seeing the collection of a very early numismatist?
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United States
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Finally! My connection to CCF is working  Philidelphian, I am not following your last post. Can you explain the Canadian connection? Thanks! |
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United States
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Yeah, I was having trouble connecting too!
I was just saying what seemed to be a hoard was found under a barn (the seller is in New Hampshire; I assumed the barn was too). A 1788 Connecticut could have been minted as late as 1789 or 1790; Canadian cents no earlier than 1858. Yet both these coins are in the same pile? Three possible explanations: Very old coins may have still been in pocket change side by side with new coins in the 1850's. Or, a poor, frugal farmer put together a little nest egg, pennies at a time, over many years. Or, someone was taking part in a hobby that was just taking off in America in the middle of the 19th century: coin collecting! Does this group of coins look like a coin collection to you?
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United States
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The seller also listed an 1837 Half Dime from this hoard. So it does appear to be coins from several decades. We can never know the history of this group of coins, but I would have thought that a collector would not have buried his/her collection under a barn. It makes it harder to admire - or add to - the collection. And in New Hampshire in the mid-1800's, there were fewer "acute" reasons to bury valuables than in states closer to the Mason-Dixon line. So I lean toward the frugal farmer. |
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No worries, I was only interested because it sounded cool. I was definitely not actively trying for it. Its definitely okay.
Yep, you started a bidding war. A bidding war I was comfortable with losing since I wasn't sure of the value of it.
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earliest of those Canada pennies was minted in 1858. That's the key date of the series! I hope you won it. |
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