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Valued Member
United States
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good afternoon I found this little gem while metal detecting today I was wondering if someone could grade this for me and give me a round about value of it thank you in advanced :)   *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Obverse detail suggests perhaps EF-40, reverse appears a lower grade.. Looks to have been cleaned, apparently before it was lost, which seems odd, or perhaps that's just a lighting issue. I would say value is $20-25 or so. Nice find in any event!
Edited by Coinfrog
11/25/2016 4:36 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Careful cleaning these up, kills a lot of the value. Awesome find though.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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VF details - cleaned.
$15 to $20 is what I think it should sell for.
FYI... This should be posted in the Classic grading section, not modern
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11/25/2016 6:03 pm
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Rest in Peace
United States
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What a great coin to find!  |
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Valued Member
 United States
218 Posts |
all I did to it was take a wet cotton ball to it ti get the rest of the dirt off of it. that effects it that much?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Very difficult to say without the coin in hand. As shown it does not look like a typical dug coin, and I say this with nearly 50 years of metal detecting.  |
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Valued Member
United States
218 Posts |
when I pulled it from the ground today I thought the exact same thing. I have never seen a silver coin come out as clean as it did I dug 20 min for this as it was under some roots of a big tree in the middle of a old farm house. I pulled some other older silver out and a few indian heads. it was down around 6 inches what are the chances that this coin was not burried as long as I thought it was
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I believe it was buried a long time. I've pulled silver (detecting in New Jersey and New York) and after a light wash in water it would be a bright un-natural white. Whenever I dig old silver, I let it sit a few days or 2 in a window sill before washing. Great find notwithstanding!
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Indeed a great find, and I guess it's best that it's a common date for the series. Value will not be that different however we grade it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I did not say before ... how cool it is to dig old silver. I have dug many hundreds of silver coins .. but not many older than say 1900. Finding Seated coins is always a thrill ... Also it is very hard for a older coin to have lived in the ground, to not have some issues. Most will end up having a cleaned look or Environmental damage. Congrats on making such a good find |
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