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New Member
United States
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I know nothing about coins. A couple of years ago, I bought a metal detector thinking I would find some pioneer era artifacts in the backyard of my rural Michigan home. I found a mangled metal dog bowl that I ran over with my lawnmower the previous summer and some rusty nails. A day or two later, I was looking out my front window when a mole popped up from under my lawn. In the little pile of dirt around his hole, there was a coin. It is an Indian Head penny dated 1898. I'm wondering if this is worth anything. Any input would be appreciated.   |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Judging by the amount of remaining detail I would guess it was dropped quite a while back, probably not too long after its mintage. Is your property old?
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New Member
 United States
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I live on what was apparently an old Indian trail and later a dirt road in the 1800's when the area was first settled.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Actually extremely well preserved considering it was in the ground for over a century by all odds. Probably $20 retail or so. Maybe $15. Probably worth more just to keep it as a conversation piece.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Would call it AU Details, ED. Can definitely tell it's been in the ground for while. Worth hanging onto bc of the story, nice find. Not worth a whole lot with the ED, $10-$15.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Little wear, but ED holds the value of this common date to around $5 imho,  to the CCF! |
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New Member
United States
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I'll keep it. I'm not that hard up for 15 bucks. I bought the metal detector broken at a flea market for $20 and fixed it. Maybe I'll keep looking.
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United States
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to the Community! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Check same place for possibly more. |
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 An IHC spill over a hundred years ago .  |
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Valued Member
United States
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super cool. I remember finding an 1898 nickel on the railroad tracks in the town I lived in when I was a boy. It was lost along the way again, nothing super rare, but still neat to find. I wondered about the people or person who had it, and if they realized they lost it. good stuff. My persistent memory of this is what eventually drove me to collecting coins more seriously, and arriving here!
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Posted 07/30/2020 12:05 am
