1787 New Jersey Copper..UPDATE..Incredible Coincidence Concerning This Coin!!

[Ohio Jerry]

I hit a pounded out one room schoolhouse site tonight and was digging some expected shotgun shell caps since I knew I had passed on some of those 28-32 vdi signals last time i was there.
THEN i get a nice 83 VDI and I'm thinking whoo hoo,a Barber dime! THEN I see this big disk in the dirt and I'm thinking whoo hoo,a large cent!!
THEN I see this horse's head on the disk and I'm figuring it to be just a junk token or something so into my pocket it goes and after digging a few more shotgun shell caps I call it a day.
I'm still in disbelief but after digging through my Redbook I've come to find this is one of the many varieties of New Jersey coppers minted between 1786 and 1788!!
The obverse reads "Nova Caesarea" (New Jersey) and the reverse reads "E Pluribus Unum" (One composed of many)
This one's pretty rough with a barely readable date of 1787, but I'm thrilled with it! The oldest coin from this site has been an 1882 Indian Head. Where in the heck did this come from!!! Thanks for having a look!
Jerry
UPDATE:
Here is a line direct from Wikipedia "The United States Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787"...Not exactly earth shattering news but I just realized I dug and posted this 1787 New Jersey coin on Sept 17, the 221st anniversary of the Constitution being adopted!!!

 

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[hunterinthesky]

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Congratulations!! Way to stick with it

 

[aa battery]

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[Michiganne]

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Excellent find, Jerry! WOW Congrats!!

HH

 

[N.J.THer]

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Congratulations on the NJ copper. It looks to be in very good shape. I would love to add one to my collection one day.

NJ

 

[nhbenz]

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Fantastic! Well done.

 

[Cr4zyH0rs3]

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[Colonial Zoyboy]

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Jerry, congrats on a great coppa recovery, buddy! You have been doing very well lately!

Kyle

 

[Locke]

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That's a beautiful coin, congratulations on the copper

 

[Don in SJ]

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Congratulations Jerry, you made my day by seeing you post this wonderful coin. I am sure once you realized what you found a few OMG thoughts went thru your head!

I am thrilled to see it since for several years now I have been doing a Circulation Study of NJ coppers for future educational purposes for colonial coin collectors and was very close to finalizing the report for now and to my surprise, I had no reported found NJ coppers given to me from the state of OHIO. So yours is the first one.

I would like you to PM me with the county found in, since in the survey report, the minimum information needed is State and County found in, and if you want to give more, that is fine, but got your photo, you said found at a schoolyard, ah what was located there before, if I may ask? But since the coin cleaned up great, I have an attribution of a Maris 48-g for you, It is a Very Common variety but still a great find.
Any NJ copper found is nice to see, since i am doing the report until next month, if you know of any others found, I appreciate hearing about it.

Here is a summary of the reported ground found NJ's that I have data on, adding yours as the only one from OHIO.
NJ 179
PA 31
NY 18
CT 15
MA 10
MD 9
VA 6
KY 3
RI 3
DE 3
ONTARIO 3
SC 2
WV 2
TN 1
ME 1
NH 1
NC 1
OH 1
VT 0
GA 0
FL 0
IN 0
KY 0
MI 0
IL 0
MS 0
TOTAL 289


HH

Don

 

[BlackX]

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Great find, Jerry!

Gotta love those large coppers. (I'm still waiting for me first (recognizable at least) state copper.)

 

[minton7]

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wow Jerry.... I hit a KGII colonial copper but it was smooth.... had jd in missouri clean it.. he got the type of coin it was... 1725-1760 he said... but yours is nice man..... hey if you ever want a huntin buddy.. im down in SE ohio... but travel a fair amount....

 

[hogge]

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Conratulations Jerry! I'm happy for you! "The Hogge"

 

[JerV3]

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Sweet coin there Jerry.

I dug one a few yrs back at a old colonial site. I love those coins. It's still my oldest copper to date.

HH Jer

 

[Kiros32]

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She's a beauty Jerry! Congrats

 

[Bavaria Mike]

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Congrats Jerry, that is something very rare from Ohio dirt! Probably carried over by the early settlers. That is one of the earliest true American coins ever minted. I would like to ask you where you are and please PM me at least the county you are in. I am from Tuscarawas county OH and grew up around Zoar, had the privilege of detecting outside of Schoenbrunn village a few years ago with permission from the park manager and found a button that I am sure dates to the mid 1700s as I have found a few of the same here in Germany. I live somewhat close to where the Moravians that founded the first town in Ohio came from. I think your history and possibilities of the area may be greater than you think. Any Historians or Librarians in your area that you could talk to? That is an exciting find for Ohio. HH, Mike

 

[Detectingfreak]

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very nice job on the 1787 copper!

 

[Evolution]

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Nice find Ohio Jerry. I'm glad to hear you were the first in Don's study in Ohio to find one. I found one earlier this year also. It was a Maris 63 s Variety and it went in the New York column on Don's study. Nothing beats the feeling you get when you know you've found a 1700's copper coin.

 

[Dirt Dobber]

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Ohio Jerry, WTG is too little to say about your new old find. I would not have fallen to sleep for a week if I were to find anything that rare! Continued success my man. D.D.

 

[NGE]

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BANNER! AWESOME, DUDE........NGE