silversweeper
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Found a few goodies this past week. There are couple of bullets and an ornate sterling silver ball off of a hat pin (unfortunately minus the pin) which are from a couple of different hunts at a local park. And then there's one of my favorite ever tokens, a square token stamped F. Kippinberg "Good for 1 Loaf of Bread". That sucker was so heavily crusted when I found it that it was well over 1/8 of an inch thick before I started the cleaning process. It and the other two tokens are from a local sidewalk tearout. The other 2 tokens are Good for 5Cents in Trade on one side and L.P.R. Des Moines IA on the other. Those 2 and one other from Oskaloosa (still soaking in oil, it's in rough condition!) were in one hole between a couple of very large rocks in front of a building beside the sidewalk tear out. Today I found my first holed coin and was dismayed to discover that it was very deeply stamped with 212, or maybe it's a 2i2 (looks more like an i with the Liberty's head as the dot), and has the hole right through the date! GAH! My first seated dime and it's all but destroyed by intention. A real shame too because the coin was in very good condition before it was defaced. I can still make out the liberty in the shield. From what I've read I can figure this is a pre-1860 seated because of the 13 stars on front, and the date was the small numbers variety. Last number is an 8 or 3. Sure wish that I at least knew the story behind 212. The other neat little find from today's search was a little button that is almost like a pop-out. It appears to be a queen's head surrounded by a large collar. The nose and other facial features are smashed in unfortunately. Ah well. I'm going to do some research and see if I can find a picture of another like it.
HH to all!!
HH to all!!
