Retake of recovered 200 year old lady

[WildWildBill]

By popular demand, retakes of my find from Bellamy Road. Not right side up this time. Hopefully clearer. 1805 draped bust dime. It is the 5 berry variety.

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

Thank you for the new photos!

 

[UnderMiner]

That's the same year Lewis and Clark reached the Pacific Ocean. The majority of the United States was still uncharted.

 

[WildWildBill]

Bellamy Road has been around since the 1820s. Most of it is a dirt road. Started as a foot path and was widened. I found the coin not too far from a water source. Hard to get back in there. Will be hunting for more!

 

[WildWildBill]

I didn't expect the wear on it like that....surely not from the ground or elements. It has a ding in it which makes it a little bent. It was only about an inch deep. Very dirty and dark. I think somebody dropped it in the early 1900s. Could have been someone's lucky coin. Who knows?.