Update...Find Of A Lifetime!!!!!! 1792 Half Disme!

[1liquigirl]

Re: Find Of A Lifetime!!!!!! 1792 Half Disme!

Wow Marc!!! Hang on to that baby. Looks like someone has no need to invest in retirement. He worked his way there in one shovel of dirt!!! There aren't any words. Just congrats!!!

 

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[Coincollector22]

Re: Find Of A Lifetime!!!!!! 1792 Half Disme!

This is an amazing find, I wish I could find something like that where I live!

Great Job!

 

[packerbacker]

Re: Find Of A Lifetime!!!!!! 1792 Half Disme!

Yep, could be like gold nuggets; if you find one there's probably more. Great find!!!

 

[treasures hunted]

Re: Find Of A Lifetime!!!!!! 1792 Half Disme!

CONGRATS!!!!

How does it feel to be a millionaire? Guess you already knew that though. I thought you might like to read an article found on the internet regarding the same exact coin..


Half-Dime Sells for $1.3 Million
Posted May 3rd 2006 3:03PM by Nicole Weston
Filed under: Auctions

A rare 1792 half-dime sold at the Central States Numismatic Society convention last Thursday night to a private collector for $1.33 million. The coin is believed to be one of the first minted by the United States. The half-dime, or "disme," as it was originally spelled, was in excellent condition and believed to be one of the best examples of the few hundred that remain around today. It depicts the figure of Liberty, a woman with flowing hair, on one side, and an eagle on the reverse. The cataloger for the Heritage Auction Galleries of Dallas, which was selling the coin, said that the coin might have been pressed twice at the time of minting because it's details are so clear.

I would take great care cleaning that thing or get advise from a professional. They take off a couple of dollars if you clean it with the wrong thing.

Again,
Congratulations!!!

TreasuresHunted

 

[djabend]

Re: Find Of A Lifetime!!!!!! 1792 Half Disme!

Wondering what has happend to this coin?
I was looking on stacks and I think I found it
http://www.stacks.com/lotdetail.aspx?lrid=AN00056253&fs=true


sure looks like it. Good pics too . HH,
Donny

 

[DPBOB]

Re: Find Of A Lifetime!!!!!! 1792 Half Disme!

Is This the one? Over $77,000
http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=450&Lot_No=481&type=collect-coinnews-tem041307

 

[jeff of pa]

Marc I just received my August Issue of W&E Treasures.

Congrats on having Ed Fedory do a Story on you & your Find.

Great Story , Nice Pics.

Jeff

 

[outraged]

Marc I just received my August Issue of W&E Treasures.

Congrats on having Ed Fedory do a Story on you & your Find.

Great Story , Nice Pics.

Jeff

"the relic hunter" He lives just a few short miles from me. Great guy!!!

 

[jeff of pa]

Marc I just received my August Issue of W&E Treasures.

Congrats on having Ed Fedory do a Story on you & your Find.

Great Story , Nice Pics.

Jeff

Isnt it Ed Fedory? "the relic hunter" ?? He lives just a few short miles from me. Great guy!!!

Yes it is .

was a Typo I fixed.

 

[dg39]

Re: Find Of A Lifetime!!!!!! 1792 Half Disme!

Wondering what has happend to this coin?
I was looking on stacks and I think I found it
http://www.stacks.com/lotdetail.aspx?lrid=AN00056253&fs=true




sure looks like it. Good pics too . HH,
Donny

Sold for $11,500.00 not bad for the condition. Congratulations!
DG

 

[Old Dog]

Marc,

!!!!! Congrats !!!!!

Kind of like Christmas isn't it?

Way to go

OD

 

[eathabs]

one wonders what has happened with this thread. Many kudos and not one response from the finder................

 

[karib2517]

da da da thats WOW great find .

 

[karib2517]

Once again great find mate.CONGRATS

 

[jeff of pa]

Re: Find Of A Lifetime!!!!!! 1792 Half Disme!

Is This the one? Over $77,000
http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=450&Lot_No=481&type=collect-coinnews-tem041307

No it went for $11,500

http://www.stacks.com/lotdetail.aspx?lrid=AN00056253&fs=true

 

[Drudge]

This brings goose bumps to my arms.

 

[{Sentinel}]

Blessed by the Detecting GODS FOR SURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[whitesPA]

thats a top of the line find. great job. been there for a very long time waiting for you to dig it. it dont get better than that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Ray S ECenFL]

Wow!!!! Looks like you dug up your retirement fund. Congratulations.

Ray S

 

[jeff of pa]

Re:..Find Of A Lifetime!!!!!! 1792 Half Disme! Marc in VA, makes ABC News

Forget Indiana Jones: Meet Real Treasure Hunters

By SARAH NETTER
May 1, 2008

Marc Sciance was out in a construction field under a sun-filled sky for four hours when he found part of his son's college fund in the muddy earth.

The father of two got a few hits on his metal detector that day just outside Fredericksburg, Va., and unearthed some Civil War relics — interesting to a newcomer, maybe, but nothing he hadn't seen before.

Then he got a signal that was "very deep."

"I dug it and it turned out to be the first coin ever minted by the United States," Sciance, 44, said.

The coin Sciance unearthed in October 2006 turned out to be a 1792 silver half-disme, worth 5 cents when it was minted as part of the United States' inaugural launch of national coinage. He later sold it at auction through Stack's Rare Coins in New York City for $11,500 — enough to pay for a full year's tuition at Christopher Newport University, where his son is a sophomore.

4 Page Story Continued here

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Business/Springtime/story?id=4739935&page=1