I Think I just Bought a Nova Constellatio for 25 Cents :)

[coinman123]

Long story short my dealer likes to surprise me with amazing coins in his foreign coin bin that he can not put under the glass case due to wear cleaning and other reasons. Anyway today he makes a joke telling me that I will be spending a lot of money due to how many new coins he put in. First thing I see is a copper with a date of 1731, after that old coins start coming in, a 1769 King George III Hibernia, a nice mid-1700's Louis French copper, plus tons of 1800's coins. I must have bought around 40 chinese cash coins too. A little bit in I grab a nice early copper and take a look, I quickly see rays, he first words that come to mind are, "Oh my god! Nova Constellatio!!". What do you think, could this be authentic? It looks pretty real to me but what do you think? When I finished searching I looked at my totals I thought, "Wow! If I found these metal detecting this would make my year!"

 

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[coinman123]

I was just told that it looks like Croby 1-B on a coin forum

 

[coinman123]

Here's some other 1700's coppers

 

[BosnMate]

What do I think, I think I'm jealous as all get out, that's what I think. Never see anything like that for sale out here.

 

[coinman123]

 

[pepperj]

The rays on yours look wider between the stars than this example.
1785 Lg Date Point Rays Nova Constellatio MS Early American ? Post-dec

 

[coinman123]

The rays on yours look wider between the stars than this example.
1785 Lg Date Point Rays Nova Constellatio MS Early American ? Post-dec

The one in the photo looks to be the pointed rays variety, mine is the the blunt rays.

Here is the blunt ray variety (Not my coin or photo)

 

[kingskid1611]

So where is this coin guy located? lol, neat coins and Congrats on a good source!

 

[ivan salis]

nice of him to throw you a bone like that --while not in top notch shape ,,its clearly IDible

 

[huntsman53]

How does the edge of the coin look? Most of the counterfeits are made from thin Copper disks that are soldered together with a Lead interior. If there is no seam, then it is a fairly good likelihood that it is in fact genuine! Here's hoping for you!


Frank

 

[coinman123]

Edge is smooth like the other coppers I own

 

[l.cutler]

Looks like real 1B to me, nice coin.

 

[pepperj]

The one in the photo looks to be the pointed rays variety, mine is the the blunt rays.

Here is the blunt ray variety (Not my coin or photo)
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Thanks for showing the difference, that explains it clearly.