Found an error coin (LARGE CENT)...

[brandon]

Not with the detector though. My dad gave me a bunch of coins from my grandmother's estate/tag sailing days when she owned a shop. I got this along with a 1786 CT Copper, 2, 1790's pieces of 8 and some other treasures.

The date is 180? (probably 08 or 09 due to the bust style) but notice the 1802 restrike. Any ideas on rarity or value? Enjoy.

 

[Jigflipper]

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[Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska]

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[Ed SW Fla]

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[brandon]

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[Brian(upstateNY)]

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[brandon]

sure are Brian! Good to hear from you. Things are great up here. Just finished my first semester of grad work and got all A's. The car is running good and my wife is manageable Haven't been detecting much but have to head back up to Plattsburgh this weekend and may get out to the base for a few hours. The ground is so bad up there that a small handful of sand sounds off like a target in all metal, so there are many goodies that others missed. Maybe even another belt plate! Hope all is well with you buddy and I may be in your area in the future. My mom and sis are thinking of packing up and moving your way, also have a Marine Corps. buddy who is moving there this summer. Have a good one!






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[Brian(upstateNY)]

<center> OK I be callin ya real soon then

 

[brandon]

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[Craig in Alabama]

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[Brandy[Ma.]]

It's a 1811 over 09 ten cent semi rare, pretty good shape.

 

[General Ray]

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[General Ray]

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[Brian(upstateNY)]

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[brandon]

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[brandon]

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[brandon]

I was going through the box of goodies and came across the 1922 no mint mark. I found it in a plowed field with my buddy Carl (The same day I got my first and only King George Copper) Well I threw it in my bag and went home. A week later I washed it off and the date was there plain as day with the nice green patina. I figured I had better preserve it in some olive oil. Well an hour later I took a soft tooth brush and there goes the patina and $600-900. I keep it with the real good stuff anyways and still look at it with the mag. glass in case the second 2 ever decides to reappear

Have a great one all!

 

[Craig in Alabama]

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[brandon]

It seems the more I look for the good in the world, the more I find of it. I found a few email adressess on the net and pasted them in an email asking for info on the coin with the same pics I posted here. A man named Tom replied with this highly informative post,
"Hi Brandon,

This is probably something done to the coin after it left the mint.

The host coin is definitely an 1808 or 1809, based on the Classic Head type, which
didn't begin until 1808, and the "180" is clear in the photo. What probably occured
is that someone took an 1803 cent and hammered it onto the host coin, causing the
incuse design that you see. (The hammered coin is definitely an 1803, not 1802, due
to the shape of the date digits, and also due to the fact that the hammered coin is
of the Draped Bust design and not the Classic Head design.)

If the hammered coin (the 1803) was an 1808 or '09, this could have been a possible
double-struck brockage (which would be a MAJOR mint error,) but because the host
coin is 5-6 years newer than the hammered coin, it's virtually impossible that this
is a mint error.

Still a neat conversation piece, and likely done long ago.

Best wishes,

HE then replied back with even more info,

"Hi Brandon,

After further study, your host coin is DEFINITELY an 1808; a Sheldon-277 to be
exact. Die crack through D in UNITED is diagnostic.

The "hammered" 1803 can be narrowed down to two possibilities, based on the position
of the date digits: Sheldon-250 or Sheldon-251.

"When I search for good, I find it."
21 May 2008

Best wishes,

 

[Ed SW Fla]

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