Well I looked at my 36 lbs of odd coins from coin rolls hunting. And found a 1783 blunt rays nova colonial copper penny. I found one on ebay for $479 and my coin looks better! That's 233 years old.
No its real my coin guy looked at it. They are hard to find. I looked in my 36 lbs of odd coins and found ? 30 silver coins. Some very old ones. Most were found in the coin counters at td bank. Thats when I was doing 40 to 90 boxes a week. I have about $230 dollars of coins from Canada. When I do trash jobs I do get some old coins and silver. I found $800 in a old pocketbook once. One time I found $750 of gold. Its all good!!!
I was able to exchange rolled Canadian coins at Chase Bank for an even exchange. I only had about $40 in dimes and quarters but they exchanged it. I was able to get $40 US back.
Good Luck,
Let us know if they still do, if you give it a try.
I would still send it in to be graded and slabbed. Is your coin guy an expert on colonial coins? Honestly, not trying to rain on your parade, but only one way to be sure. I would want that coin slabbed anyway.