Starting off the new year right! 1793 Flowing hair large cent!!

Pacivilwarluke

Pacivilwarluke

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I went detecting at one of my favorite fields, last time that I was there I got a 1/2 real and the time before that a Wm. Henry Harrison button. Today I really hit it big though! I had a slamming signal and dug down about 1/2 inch to find a copper. I thought it was toasted but cleaned it up a bit and saw detail. I thought I had a state copper or something but I showed my dad and he thought it was a flowing hair. And sure enough it was!!!:shocked04::shocked04::shocked04::shocked04: I texted Isaac and told him, and then looked up the rarity on these things! Holy cow!:omg: I'm not gonna do anything with it, but i'll try to get better pictures when it's daylight again. HH

I also have some recent finds from my civil war button hole, including about 20 more buttons, jewelry,and a coin. So stay tuned!

Good luck out there everybody!
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Holy c%$p! What a great find and a great way to start the new year. Shame those leaves weren't the strawberry type : )
 
That is AMAZING!!!! That is the find of a lifetime. Those coins are super rare. Keep on pounding that field, there's gotta be more amazing stuff there. Congrats on an amazing find :congrats:
 
Wow Luke, when I recived that text from you my jaw couldn't shut on it's own... :shocked05: I had to manually shut it :wow: Amazing find sir!!! :cheering::cheering::cheering:

BIG Congrats on such a rare and sought after coin!!!!!!!!
 
Isaac said:
Wow Luke, when I recived that text from you my jaw couldn't shut on it's own... :shocked05: I had to manually shut it :wow: Amazing find sir!!! :cheering::cheering::cheering:

BIG Congrats on such a rare and sought after coin!!!!!!!!
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Thanks man, I can't believe I hunted for like an hour before realizing what I had!
 
Super :congrats:on a super find. First year of minting, now that's a piece of history. :drool:Sounds like the site has much more to offer and I hope the keepers end up in your pouch. Thanks for posting this.
 
That is a mind blowing find! :notworthy:

One of the first US coins struck for general circulation, it doesn't get much better than that! I would die of excitement if I ever found a coin like that!

HUGE CONGRATS! :perfect10:
 
I can't believe I missed this post! If indeed this is a 1793 (I can't tell from the picture), then wouldn't that make it a Chain Cent? If so, the coin should be a lot thicker than a normal copper. Can you do a comparison? This would be an outstanding find...I hope it is a chain cent, that would be one heck of a find!!!
 
Thiltzy said:
I can't believe I missed this post! If indeed this is a 1793 (I can't tell from the picture), then wouldn't that make it a Chain Cent? If so, the coin should be a lot thicker than a normal copper. Can you do a comparison? This would be an outstanding find...I hope it is a chain cent, that would be one heck of a find!!!
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It is a 1793 (flowing hair style was made only one year) but it's a type two, which came after the chain cent. It is really thick, and it seems to have the vine and bars edge. Actually before I realized what it was, the first thing that stuck me was the thickness. They made about 30,000 chain cents and 60,000 wreaths, so it's still pretty rare, my redbook has it at $750 for the lowest grade. Thanks and HH!
 
Luke I hope you can bless us with some better pictures of the coin at some time in the near future , I'm sure many of us would love to shamelessly "gawk" at that one for a few hours. :yes:
 
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