Don in SJ
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- May 20, 2005
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Took the mountain bike out with the detector in a bag and went to a nearby millsite that soon will be developed, so trying to pound the site and milk the last goodies out of there. Right away this morning I got a high tone coin signal and within 5 minutes of the beginning of the hunt I had a Large Cent.
By the looks of it when I found it, I knew one side was going to be in bad shape, but I figured it was just another Coronet type Large Cent. I hunted for another two hours with only a wheatie and buckle and one nice flat button with a beautiful design on the backmark.
When I got home a soaked it in Peroxide, I noticed the Liberty Cap showing and now could also see the edge lettering, so I knew I had a 1793-1796 Large Cent, which I should have realized by the thickness from the get go, but I did not.
I tried the best I could to clean the coin, but I knew it was corroded severely on one side but was happy it had great detail when lost, so all is there for attributing and it is a Scarce variety , Sheldon 55.
I have four 1794's now , all different, one is a bigtime rarity, S-19a, and the rest are more scarce to common, S-55 today, S-61 and a S-65. There are very many varieties of the 1794 Large Cent and the one anybody would love to find is the Starred Reverse one. Even in bad condition it would most likely get more at auction than most chain cents.
Don
By the looks of it when I found it, I knew one side was going to be in bad shape, but I figured it was just another Coronet type Large Cent. I hunted for another two hours with only a wheatie and buckle and one nice flat button with a beautiful design on the backmark.
When I got home a soaked it in Peroxide, I noticed the Liberty Cap showing and now could also see the edge lettering, so I knew I had a 1793-1796 Large Cent, which I should have realized by the thickness from the get go, but I did not.
I tried the best I could to clean the coin, but I knew it was corroded severely on one side but was happy it had great detail when lost, so all is there for attributing and it is a Scarce variety , Sheldon 55.
I have four 1794's now , all different, one is a bigtime rarity, S-19a, and the rest are more scarce to common, S-55 today, S-61 and a S-65. There are very many varieties of the 1794 Large Cent and the one anybody would love to find is the Starred Reverse one. Even in bad condition it would most likely get more at auction than most chain cents.
Don
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Congratulations on another nice large cent!
