My Most Unbelievable Find 1864 2 Cent Coin - Page 2

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farrider11 Pillar of the Community United States 614 Posts	Posted 05/17/2019 10:37 pm I love this thread, the unbelievable find, and the answers to it lol, when I was a youngster, we used the cheap radio shack metal detectors to find, well mostly old coke and Pepsi's cans, but on occasion we would find some old coins, but terribly degraded. I saw one post about all coins above water, and maybe that includes above dirt and widow sills lol, just a great thread. Sometimes not only are you guys conservative on your grades, all though I have to admit, usually right.... Sometimes you got to be a liberal on the sense of humor, this is great stuff LOL Was there a recent death in the family? "Arthur 1981" Dudley Moore, lol Edited by farrider11 05/17/2019 10:55 pm Report this Post to the Staff
westernsky Pillar of the Community United States 7628 Posts	Posted 05/18/2019 4:09 pm - OP....please let us know how it grades! Good luck. Report this Post to the Staff
jpbone Pillar of the Community United States 1959 Posts	Posted 05/18/2019 7:03 pm This coin was either ruined by a harsh cleaning after it was "found", or the story is bogus. Report this Post to the Staff
fortcollins Pillar of the Community United States 3663 Posts	Posted 05/18/2019 11:44 pm It was a fairly common practice in the mid-19th Century to nail silver or gold coins in door frames for "good luck." I haven't encountered any copper coins deliberately embedded in houses, however. Over the years, I have bought and sold a holed 1852 Type I gold dollar and an unknown date holed Carson City Seated quarter that very likely were such "good luck" pieces. A window would not be a likely place for such a coin. A house that old would have had windows refurbished several times over the years, lubricating pulleys, replacing sash cords and retrieving sash weights. I could see someone placing a coin in a window much later than construction, though a Two Cent would be an odd choice of coin. Every date of the Two Cent series has Chinese fakes, but I am not aware of an 1864 large motto fake. The Chinese replicas have widely spaced and elongated denticles. They generally have unevenly aligned letters in CENTS. They also have incomplete leaves, especially on the left side of the wreath. (The fake 1864 small motto also has the wrong number of feathers on the left arrow shaft.) I don't see any of those indicators here, and the coin appears to be genuine. It would really help to see better photos of the coin. Using a cell phone in natural light would produce better images. Would you be willing to post additional photos? Report this Post to the Staff
westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9792 Posts	Posted 05/19/2019 06:59 am Coin looks good to me, disregarding the story, It could go uncirculated, maybe it's very hard to tell from the photos. The one photo of the reverse at an angle shows what appears to be light wear on the horizontal shield lines, this is often the first place wear shows itself on Two Cent Pieces. If it's not rub or wear than I could see this coin in a MS62/63 BN or RB holder. I am not seeing the look of a lot of original mint luster, but that is due to the photos and lighting. My grade from these photos? AU58 I'm basing that on what I think is light rub on the shield only, I don't see the look of a cleaned coin though. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 Report this Post to the Staff
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