NICE 1875s TWENTY CENT PIECE IN PLOWED FIELD

[Swanie1]

Several years ago, My friend and I were metal detecting in a plowed field that was an agriculltural fairground
until 1910, when it closed. We hadn't had any luck and were about to leave and headed back toward my van. I still had my detector on and was waving it on the way. I got a nice signal and kicked the dirt aside and went over the spot, again, and no signal. I went over a dirt clod next to the spot and my detector sounded off, again. I broke open the clod and there was a nice 20 cent piece. I had never seen one, before. Over the years, I have found numerous 1800's silver and Indian Head cents, there.

 

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[SilverDreams]

Amazing find!

 

[aa battery]

Would love to find a coin that old.

 

[whitesid]

very nice find.
its about $120 in fine condition, i cant really tell but that is what it looks like from the picture

 

[kenb]

Fantastic find, beautiful coin congratulations!!!

kenb

 

[9volt]

that is one SWEET!!! coin. keep swingin,finding and diggin!!

 

[Silver Searcher]

Nice Coin

 

[skierbob]

Fantastic find. Congrats. Never have found one of those. HH
Bob

 

[xlt nh]

Beautiful coin...that's one of the coins that has eluded me all these years...Congrats!!

~Hank 8)

 

[Pulltab Parson]

Thats the kind of coin you just sit and look at in good lighting!!

Nice find!

 

[lordmarcovan]

That one's way better than Fine (F12). It is at least Very Fine (VF20+). Perhaps close to Extremely Fine (EF40). And it looks like the soil was kind to it, as well.

Congratulations. While valuable, it is not worth a king's ransom, but I would rank something like that as the find of a lifetime (or at least in the top five or ten, depending on what else you've found over the years).

A truly amazing find.

 

[Smithrow1]

WOW that a nice 20 cent piece.

 

[skalleewag]

ive never seen one....awesome

 

[DANGLANGLEY]

I'm no expert but to me it looks at least ef40. Dang, what a find!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mainedigger]

Very nice find, Congrats!!! A twenty cent piece has eluded me and is high on my wish list of finds. Not too many of them found so you did great, WTG!!!

 

[BuckleBoy]

I concur with the grade. VF+ Not quite XF I'd say. Quite a coin though!

Buckleboy

 

[Jack(IN)]

Thats my goal coin...

Have found many coins, a gold $5 piece and many harder to find coins in the 23+ years of detecting and thats the one coin I'm wanting!! A very nice find!!

 

[coinman66]

Agree with everybody else, thats a find of a lifetime! Not a lot of 20c coins made. Way to go! HH
Coinman66

 

[ANGELaLEIGH]

Great find!
AngelA

 

[Dimeman]

Super great coin!!!! Great condition .....WTG !