MY BEST King George III 1773 Virginia HalfPenny...

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was dug today!!! :o :headbang: We returned to the site where I dug the 1720s Leopold I Silver last week. We had hit the yard pretty hard then but we figured we would go over there and try to sniff a couple more signals out today as we only had a couple hours to hunt. After about 10 minutes there I got a pretty bad signal that was hitting "irony" one way and +57 the other...but I decided to dig it anyway because I've dug some really nice stuff that's hit REALLY BAD in the past.....When I popped the plug this is what I saw:

1773 Virginia Halfpenny (Only Coin minted for the colonies in the Mother Country of England at the Tower Mint)

Out of the Ground
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(Please excuse Pic, my DV is dying thanks to dirt getting into it)
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Close-ups
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Closeup of the "17" and "73" on either side of the crown
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VIDEO


There were about 640,000 of these minted and this is by FAR the best one that I've ever seen or dug....

Video being uploaded and will be posted as soon as it gets done :icon_thumright:
 

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dwayne sueno

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sweet ha'penny, Sentinel!
love it when they come out of the ground looking like that.
 

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That is a real beauty mate :icon_thumleft:. Well done, can't wait to see the video.

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Iron Patch said:
Now that is going to be near perfect dug condition once cleaned! :thumbsup:

Only 640,000? :-X That's pretty high for a coin in the 1770s.

Would actually be a better coin had the hoard of high grade ones not been discovered.
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I will agree that is one of the best i seen dug that is in really good shape ! :headbang: that Virg.soil is kind great find :thumbsup: Dd60
 

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Yep, it's a good one ;D I've seen quite a few dug VA halfpenny's and none of them looked like this, u got my vote :icon_thumleft: Btw, glad to be able to sneak in a few hunts with you before my clock winds down :thumbsup:
 

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That's it, I'm moving to Virginia! ;D Very nice coin ya got there!

Brian
 

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Excellent coin with Exceptional strike. The ROLL continues. You are getting spoiled. It's about time for another Banner find. HH, Quindy.
 

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congrats ....nice Coin !!
 

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cabinfever said:
Another lesson to us beginners....dig everything! :tongue3:
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Yes, IP is right about forgeting the screen, I've dug more good things than I can count by NOT paying attention to what the screen says :icon_thumleft: :wink:
 

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Colonial Copper Zeus said:
Incredible shape. I would say the best shape V.H.P. I've ever seen. Congrats Josh.
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Thanks Chris, you guys are going to strike the colonial jackpot soon, I'd like to see a Capped come out of that beautiful PA Soil!
 

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coin looks really old..anyone recognize it ?

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