Won another auction, another coin unlikely to be dug.

[Digger_O'Dell]

Hi all,
Since I've been working so many hours almost all my coin hunting has been done on E-Bay. (Have to do something at work between calls, right? Lol )
So anyway, been looking at coins that I will likely never see dug. This beauty arrived today- an 1875 S twenty cent piece with mint errors. It has the more common S/S over mint mark error, plus the off center obverse stamp resulting in the rim material to flow part the edge of the die on the top half of the coin (finning). Overall, the coin has AU55+ detail.
Thanks for looking!

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[Digger Don]

Thats a beautiful coin!
thanks for sharing!

 

[OxShoeDrew]

Didn't you just win a gold one, Chris? That one is a real looker!!! :thumbsup02:

 

[Digger_O'Dell]

Didn't you just win a gold one, Chris? That one is a real looker!!! :thumbsup02:

Actually won a few. Besides this 20 cent piece, I now have 8 gold coins.
The two 1/4 dollar fractional, a half dollar fractional, and a 1 dollar California gold fractional. Plus I have the US $1, $2 1/2, $3, and $5 coins.

 

[aloldstuff]

Nice looking coin and I agree, this type of coin is unlikely to be dug.

 

[hoser]

That there be a beauty for sure. I would love to see that pop out of the hole. Well done.

 

[Cooper]

Good looking coin

 

[Ken C]

She's a beauty! :congrats:

 

[RaZR]

With everything I've seen here and on other detecting sites I don't believe there is any coin that you may never dig up. I thought that living in Michigan I would have to make a trip to the east coast to dig anything from the 1700's. But that happened last week! That's what's so fun about this hobby, you never know what's coming next. I LOVE GETTING DIRTY!!!!

 

[del]

Beautiful coin Chris I love those 20 cent pieces :smitten:, I just recently purchased a Connecticut state coin at an annual antique flea market . This place has some professional dealers who know just what to charge for some antiques and some who simply buy the dusty contents to an entire barn and bring it down to piece out not really knowing what the exact value to some things are. There are coin , bottle dealers who will shop themselves and find bargains and resale to make profit but if you know what your looking for and have a little bit of knowledge you can find some "treasures" .

I've been wanting to find a decent Connecticut state copper , yes I have found a lot of them and some in pretty good shape too but to have a nice example undug has been a goal for a while now. I have seen some in the past visits to the flea market but they are scarce to see one and especially one with appealing details . This particular coin was in a dealer's display case along with many silver seated coins , Indians a few large cents and hard times tokens. I could tell he was into the silver and bullion types of coins and only had one colonial coin that was marked wrong in its plastic sleeve .


The coin was obviously not a "mailed bust" or a "laughing head" like the sleeve listed. An after I got to inspect it outside the case and sleeve in the sunlight I could see the subtle die crack going from the back of the bust's head to the second "N" in the word "connec" and knew this was a pretty good indicator of a decent coin and not some run of the mill common Connecticut. It had nice legible legends and date and asked the gentleman his asking price ? He told $90 dollars which is a bit higher than what a common Connecticut copper would fetch that was in about good shape. I countered with an offer and after some pause on his part we settled for $ 75 bucks Which I happy with . Not knowing the exact variety of this one but suspecting it being a bit more than just a common type I posted it on one of my FB sites where there are some great coin Id'ers , And almost immediately a good guy id'ed it for me . Its turned out to be an early strike of a Miller 33.28-Z.16 type nicknamed a "snipe nose" variety because the die crack proceeded to travel across the bust's face and affecting the nose . . It is listed in coinfacts as a "very scarce" type .

Dan

 

[Digger_O'Dell]

Wow Dan, seems like you got your wish, and did well in acquiring it! I've always had the impression you were a walking colonial encyclopedia anyway, but that seller really didnt seem to know what he was selling. Sometimes you get lucky like that,. Its a beauty of a coin and should display great along with those you've dug.

 

[badgers325]

So true RaZR.