🥇 BANNER My oldest coin, Nova ?, 1783, just dug!

pa-dirt_nc-sand

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Had 2 hours this morning, decided to hit the site where I have found LC's, 3 cent nickels and a slick copper. Faint wheat penny signal. ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1511542684.822713.jpg ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1511542708.806633.jpg
Thought, "cool a token", size of a LC but a little thinner, but could tell it has some design under the crud

Rubbed some dirt off on my glove and saw US, googled Old Large Cents, found no matches. Sent pic to Steve of PA, he said it looks like a Nova Constellatio, no way! A little more rubbing and 1783, ok stopped rubbing.
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Can anyone confirm if this is a Nova and type? I think I need to tooth pick some more crud off, seems like it has a lot of detail under the dirt.

Dried, then flaked with wooden skewer pics:
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(Thanks for looking!)

Good luck out there!
 

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pa-dirt_nc-sand

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steelheadwill

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Congrats on that beauty, whoever produced it came up with a top shelf alloy.
Enjoyed hearing about the productive site close to home, Gotta Love that kind!
 

SorenCoins

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Incredible find! Not sure if anyones said it yet but variety is Crosby 1-A.
 

Thaddeus

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Very cool.....i like the illuminati eye in the middle
 

Pointman

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I was wondering on how many of this variety were ever minted? Is there an actual count or estimate?

Thanks.
 

l.cutler

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No, no way of knowing. They were privately produced and shipped from England. They were widely circulated and are still pretty plentiful so mintage must have been pretty heavy.
 

Lanny in AB

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Super find!

Nicely done, and all the best,

Lanny
 

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