🥇 BANNER I STILL CANT BELIEVE IT-! chain-cent 1793.

[jfx55]

found this on saturday at a stone foundation near a old well opening in the woods. when i dug it it looked kinda fat.(thick) and on sunday got around to cleaning it up and this is it-! man its like hitting the lottery-!!. all the large cents i found over the years never thought i find one of these.

 

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[artorius]

Re: 1793 chain cent preview.

Love that bold date. That sure is a hit out of the ballpark!

Artorius

 

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[hogge]

Re: 1793 chain cent preview.

Absolutely TREMENDOUS!!!!

 

[dfx willy]

that is totaly awesome congrats. im not gonna bother posting my couple wheat cents today it just doent seem worthy after looking at that breath taking find. you are the man . willy.

 

[camb1]

Wowzers

 

[HolyDiver]

That's one epc find.

 

[cooltone23]

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Sorry, that was my forehead hitting the keyboard as I fainted!! Great find indeed. BANNER! BANNER! BANNER! BANNER!

 

[Don in SJ]

OK, now that it is cleaned, back in September when you first posted this nice coin I thought it was a Sheldon 3 variety, commonest of the chain cent and now that I have seen it cleaned I still say it is a Sheldon 3 variety, AMERICA , not a AMERI. variety at all.

I had trouble with the date spacings, but in the Breen book, with the details it says to look at, unfortunately are not showing, that is the LIBERTY spacing, however the Sheldon 3 has something the other varieties do not, that is a relatively straight bust line. Yours has the relatively straight bust line, all the other varieties have more curvature. The spacing of the date is correct for a Sheldon 3 and the reverse side, the AMERICA, the ICA are visible.

Still a great find and sure would be happy with one like that.

Don

 

[pjroo33]

It cleaned up better that I thought it would have. The date is beautiful. Just a fantastic find. Truly a once in a lifetime! Congrats!

 

[superficialbob]

WOW, thats a great find. I would still be on cloud nine. HH

 

[mistergee]

I'm utterly speechless...truly a once in a lifetime find....i'm proud of you

 

[kdismuke1]

AWSOME

 

[jfx55]

found this on saturday at a stone foundation near a old well opening in the woods. when i dug it it looked kinda fat.(thick) and on sunday got around to cleaning it up and this is it-! man its like hitting the lottery-!!. all the large cents i found over the years never thought i find one of these.

today 1-15-09 had a offer of $4500.00 for this coin. think i should sell or keep it in the bank??

 

[N.J.THer]

found this on saturday at a stone foundation near a old well opening in the woods. when i dug it it looked kinda fat.(thick) and on sunday got around to cleaning it up and this is it-! man its like hitting the lottery-!!. all the large cents i found over the years never thought i find one of these.

today 1-15-09 had a offer of $4500.00 for this coin. think i should sell or keep it in the bank??

Depends...if you collect coins and enjoy having it then keep it but if not then sell it and do something you enjoy with the money. My 2 cents....

NJ

 

[trezurhunter]

What an excellent find. Thanks for showing us that there is still some great finds to be had. Wow.

 

[Damon64]

I'd be tempted to sell...you could buy a new detector and have some serious cash left over to enjoy! Maybe find another one!!!

 

[DigginThePast]

WOW, incredible find. This is the first I've seen this post. Cleaned up nice. As far as selling goes, if you got some money in the back and are sure of job security I'd hold onto it otherwise the cash might come in handy. Congrats on a valuable find, both financially and historically.

 

[robfinds]

found this on saturday at a stone foundation near a old well opening in the woods. when i dug it it looked kinda fat.(thick) and on sunday got around to cleaning it up and this is it-! man its like hitting the lottery-!!. all the large cents i found over the years never thought i find one of these.

From the response I guess that must be one rare coin, well done

 

[Woodland Detectors]

sweet!

 

[JoeIN]

What a awesome find!

 

[creeper71]

if it was me I wouldn't sell it but this is going rate this off the The PCGS Price Guide whatever you decide good luck!
AG3 G4 VG8
Flowing Hair Large Cent - Type 1, Chain Cent (1793-1796) BN 4,750 7,500 11,000