My first Seated Liberty Dime

[Icewing]

I woke up a bit late this morning but feeling good and decided to make the most of what little time I had. Today's target was an old homestead that I know very little about other that the fact that there is virtually no trace of it above ground today. I only had 2 hours to hunt so I was just bouncing around hoping to find something good. Luckily in my last 15 minutes I pulled up an old dime with a hole (bummer). I cleaned it just well enough to figure out it was my first Seated Liberty Dime and with the hole I didn't expect to find a date, so I stuck it in my pocket and kept hunting hoping for one of its larger friends to be nearby. No more goodies but that one made my day. After getting it under running water, sure enough there was a date I NEVER expected. My first pre civil war coin, dated 1841, and smashing my previous record when I found an 1878 Seated Liberty Quarter. *Anything pre 1880 in this area is considered a rare find

 

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[Trapper340]

Still on my bucket list. Congratulations

 

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[KyDigNQueen]

Congrats! I personally think the hole adds character. Would love to find one someday.

 

[Revrob]

Beautiful coin, just found my first too, 1889, did same thing as u, cold, wet, dirty, i just threw it in my pocket, knew it was silver, but thought it was a merc til i got home. The suprise felt good didnt it! Not my oldest, but definitly one of the coolest coins out there..

 

[btripp6]

Nice seated! Still on my bucket list.

 

[Icewing]

Hey thanks guys. I know I'm going to have to go back. Upon further research of the history of the location I discovered that there were two cemeteries on the property, one was the family cemetery which I knew about but there is also a little known slave cemetery nearby. Another interesting fact that I came across was that slaves would sometimes wear a coin as a medalion around their neck or ankle. Now I know I'll never know exactly why this coin is holed, but it sure makes for some interesting possibilities.

Source http://uwf.edu/wlees/SEAC2007.pdf