Eyeballed 105 year-old wheat cent from the beach --pretty cool

[jude061]

Did a little beach combing this afternoon on the beach across the street from my apartment and found this chunk of encrusted material.


I noticed the coin edge and chipped away the encrustation with a cobble and my jackknife, expecting a Memorial cent of some sort. The coin left a mirror impression in its material, though the coin itself was hard to read.


The reverse is mostly gone and the obverse is barely readable. I brought it home and could just barely make out the date, which to me looks like 1913.

 

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[jude061]

The reverse. I can just barely make out the "one cent" and "United States of America" inside the faint wreath.

 

[Kurios1]

That is a GREAT eyeball find my friend. I would even keep the crusty thing it came from as the impression is way cool too. Jeepers Creepers you got some wonderful Peepers.

 

[trapperart]

Very cool congrats

 

[jude061]

I kept the encrustation too for its cool factor.

 

[vpnavy]

..: NICE FIND Jude :..
Thanks for sharing!​