1783 Nova Constelatio - Liberty. Justice. Beautiful. Rare!!

[Scrappy]

I went back to a colonial site for which I had little hope. I was hoping for just a button or a trinket on this dreary Sunday. It took 1.5 hours to do, but I cleared another 20' x 20' section of heavy bramble, and was rewarded with arguably my rarest coin. A 1783 Nova Constelatio!





Cleaning...




I believe the variety is a "blunt rays" Crosby 3-C.





Besides some pottery and nails, this beauty was my only find. Funny enough with all the iron this signal was almost completely masked even with the Deus. I actually dug out a big hole and found the coin in the pile. Thanks goodness I didn't smoke it with the shovel. I saw the coin in the clump with rays facing out, and immediately shot a video.

https://youtu.be/dy8uqSlVQkI

Thanks to Ahab8 for the field ID, and to Bill D for the cleaning tips. And to Novanumismatics.com for the attribution. And to Joey for, well, being Joey.

I'm constantly amazed by what is masked by iron, and what's out of reach because of foliage. It's actually quite a wonderful prospect for the future.




Cheers and good hunts everyone

Steve

[etex]

Nice condition

[Isaac]

Amazing

[port ewen ace]

gotta mop the puddle of drool off the floor. HUUUUGE SCORE!!!

[Stef45]

Never even heard of one of these! Awesome find! Congrats!

[JackalopeZL1]

That is fantastic

[toasted]

Wow. That one cleaned up nice.

[Ahab8]

My god that thing is incredible Steve. Your big ugly head makes it look even nicer lol. Psyched to see a beautiful early copper that we rarely ever see. I'll vote BANNER on this coin. Condition and rarity. A copper in this condition is hard enough as it is to find. A nice scarce one like this makes it super special

[relic nut]

That's a fantastic find and great condition! I can feel your enthusiasm. Congratulations on a banner find.

HH RN

[trapperart]

I think that should go up top Scrappy, here's my vote

[Scrappy]

Never even heard of one of these! Awesome find! Congrats!

Many people have not, but there's such a history behind these coins.

http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColC...ova.intro.html

Thanks for looking

[Scrappy]

My god that thing is incredible Steve. Your big ugly head makes it look even nicer lol. Psyched to see a beautiful early copper that we rarely ever see. I'll vote BANNER on this coin. Condition and rarity. A copper in this condition is hard enough as it is to find. A nice scarce one like this makes it super special

There was a reason I included my head in the video. as you know I was worried about the cleaning but it seems to have turned out ok.

Thanks for the vote bud

[johnnycat]

Very nice find. That would make my year!!

[VMI Digger]

Condition and rarity without question a banner coin- never know what's hiding in that iron. Huge congrats and vote in!

[against the wind]

Hope you don't get a nosebleed from being up topside.
Incredible coin
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