1868-S Seated Liberty Half Dime!!!

oddcoins

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WOOHOO!!! I found my first Seated Liberty coin!! 1868-S Seated Liberty Half Dime!! Not only is it my first seated type, it's the oldest coin I've found and the rarest too (only 280,000 minted). I found it today in a field out in the small town of Coburg Oregon. I wasn't even going to go detecting today, but my wife had to spend a couple hours at work today because she's taking off the next two day. So I desided to drop her off and go detecting. In the same field I found a 1887 Indian Head cent just last summer.

As you can see in the pic's she's kinda ugly but she's my first!
 

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Nashoba

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Sweet dig especially for the Pacific northwest. I can't recall ever seeing one found here but for the shot up, burned up one posted above. lol
~Nash~
 

JerV3

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Wow she is ruff.

Still a nice coin to find.

Congrats,

Jer
 

MikeOregon

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Gotta add my congratulations as well---I know this guy and he is a great detectorist and a real nice guy as well.

Way to go, Neal!

Mike
 

hollowpointred

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ugly is in the eye of the beholder! i think shes gorgeous! ;) congrats!
 

Johnny X

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junkdigger said:
Oddcoins, those Seated Liberties are scarce out west! At least you can read the date on yours! I finally found one after 38 years of detecting eastern Wash. and Idaho,but mine had been struck by a bullet,then burned by fire! Took me a good magnifying glass and an hour to tell what I have.

Man, shot and then burned... Somebody must have had it out for that coin.

Very nice find tho

Keep em coming

xstevenx
 

lonewolfe

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Nice find~

I'd hit that place again and HARDER the 2nd time around!

HH
 

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oddcoins

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Yes, I plan on going back SOON!! This sight was a mill pre-1900, so there's lots & lots & lots & lots of junk to wade through . . . . but my XLT can pick through the junk and find me the treasure!
 

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