1802/0 Half Cent My best coin so far!

[DiggerDave in Pa.]

I found this while hunting the site of an old blacksmiths shop. I found it with my old White's 6000. I dug 5 square nails from the hole before this came out. With each nail I took out the signal got better. Most of the coins I found at this site were either smooth or crusty. This has a pretty smooth surface. It pays to dig everything when detecting an early site no matter how much junk you find. Take the junk with you and you won't find it again!

[RELICDUDE07]

Very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!

[J.Cache]

Hey very nice find there! It looks like the '2' in '1802' is stamped over a '0'. Am I crazy or does anybody else see this?

[DiggerDave in Pa.]

Hey very nice find there! It looks like the '2' in '1802' is stamped over a '0'. Am I crazy or does anybody else see this?

There were no half cents made in 1801 so the mint used the 1800 die, carved a 2 over the 0 and called it done. There were only 20,266 made that year so it is a pretty rare coin. This has the reverse of 1802. The 1800 reverse is much rarer.

[J.Cache]

That's very interesting diggerdave, and that's an extremely low mintage! Congrats on a spectacular find.

[johnnyblaze]

Very nice find...
I have only found one 1828 half cent so far...


Blaze

[DKinPA]

Congrats on the beauty coin Dave!! You, sir are on on heck of an early season roll!!

Dave

[Brian C.]

Very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice coin to find, you got to like the early coppers.

[Damon64]

On my wish list...Very nice!

[darkwing_66]

cool love the lc

[steelheadwill]

Sweet rare HC!
Still searching for my first

[Brian C.]

I found this while hunting the site of an old blacksmiths shop. I found it with my old White's 6000. I dug 5 square nails from the hole before this came out. With each nail I took out the signal got better. Most of the coins I found at this site were either smooth or crusty. This has a pretty smooth surface. It pays to dig everything when detecting an early site no matter how much junk you find. Take the junk with you and you won't find it again!

It is always a welcome site to see old coppers like yours come out of the ground, nice find. Brian Cross

[NOLA_Ken]

truly a beautiful find! congrats

[diggin tennessee]

very beautiful coin

[freddy williams]

Awsome coin would love to find one of them myself it is also on my wish lists among many others...

[billpa]

WoW she sweet

[allen]

congrats on that amazing coin !!

[SC Keith]

Congrats on that coin!! That is the best half cent I have seen dug
Just amazing!