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Hello everyone! My name is Craig I'm from S.E. Pennsylvania. Recently while metal detecting near my home I found a 1776 Continental currency coin. The area I was detecting was a highly traveled area that was a direct route in between Lancaster & Philadelphia. Also there was a known revolutionary war encampment not far from where I found the coin. As you will see from the pictures I upload, it meets all specific requirements that I could find online to determine it as authentic. It weighs exactly 17.72 grams & measures 37.42 mm in diameter. The word currency is spelled with one R. All other markings and designs seem to me to be exactly the same as a authentic specimen. Any info anyone could give me will be greatly appreciated! Thank you!!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pics? Do you know the history of the issue?
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Valued Member
United States
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Need pics here of course, would be very exciting if this is genuine, but there are a lot of fakes out there. Hope we get to see it up close!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Appears to be a cast replica. Many were sold at souvenir stores over the years.
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Moderator
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New Member
United States
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Im having trouble uploading pics. Been trying to figure it out via the tutorial but still struggling! Lol! Not very tech savvy
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Valued Member
United States
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It looks cast. Also, no genuine continental dollar coins have been doug up in the U.S.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It has the appearance of corroded plated base metal with the plating wearing off. I wouldn't get your hopes up. Since there's no historical evidence that these ever circulated, let alone were ever minted in the US, the proximity to any encampment or route isn't something I'd consider as relevant. Being extremely cynical, I think it's more likely somebody planted one of the many "souvenir" copies to get their jollies. Only a professional authentication will say one way or another though. See what others say before you waste money on that.
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Pillar of the Community
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I believe "Continental Dollars" never circulated in America. Latest and well documented research points to a German origin for sale as tokens in Europe, and were actually unknown in the United States until the early 19th century. (I'll try to find the source for this information).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That is the typical, souvenir type, replica.
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United States
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to the CCF Interesting discussion. Unrelated question - how did your scale become so corroded?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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From a July 2018 Numismatist article debunking the conventional story of these coins: Quote:
Why have none of these pewter pieces been excavated from campsites occupied by the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War? Collectively, these sites have yielded thousands of pewter buttons and countless copper and small silver coins. Since one of the main purposes of the Continental Currency was to pay troops, huge quantities of the money went directly to the military. One would think ... that a good place to look for a lost or discarded example should be the site of a Continental Army encampment... I'm beginning to smell a rat. Somebody read this article, or heard the gist of it, and decided to have some fun by planting this, and probably at other places in the area. Do you have photographic evidence of the spot, before, during and after, was it undisturbed, how deep was it, etc. This is a problem with metal detecting - all the archaeological documentation/evidence is lost. |
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Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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