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1652 "As a mark of their soveraignty, they coyn mony" Edward Randolph, Kings Agent
Hi all,
haven't posted anything in a while so I figured I'd show this dirty piece of silver.
Hunted a new site and spent an hour in the pasty mud with not much to show,
on the steep hillside along the water I noticed lots of scrap metal and trash,
made my way up the hill gathering all the copper and brass I could eyeball.
Turned on the Safari, stock coil was all I had with me,
amazingly I picked a signal from the trash, dug an 1878 IH, check the hole,
another 1878...
check the hole, another signal, different numbers.
Big root in the way, pulled some dirt from underneath, small silver coin
Take a close look, hmm 1652, that's familiar. wrap in leaf and secure it.
scan again, another signal. looks to be a Charles II Groat, now that's a rare find over here.
Very Strange, coin spill over older coin spill ? Anyway this was a first for me...
No pix of The IHs or the groat cause they got put somewhere safe in my truck
They'll turn up sometime.
This morning I identified my Oak threepence as a 'Noe-28', an 'R-6, 13-30 examples known' and she appears to be almost uncirculated and well struck (for Ma Silver) under that dirt.
Diagnostics on this one are easy, both legends start at lower left, 5 in date squashed.
Shown as an example is the Wurzbach plate coin of this variety, in the description he notes:
"Crosby could not find a specimen good enough to furnish a proper description. Excessively rare"
I take this to mean that he obtained a better specimen than Crosby, and was right proud of the fact.
Breen notes "All specimens I have examined are dogs, due to weak striking and weakly cut dies".
These quotes give you some idea of the apparent jealousy and competitiveness of collectors and 'experts' on Massachusetts silver.
given the condition of the best example I could find, I think mine is a looker.
Apparently these coins don't appear much in higher grades.
And a photo of a stern Colonial Governor from the period.
Trees seem to be sprouting all over this year.
Thanks for looking & HH Everyone
Hi all,
haven't posted anything in a while so I figured I'd show this dirty piece of silver.
Hunted a new site and spent an hour in the pasty mud with not much to show,
on the steep hillside along the water I noticed lots of scrap metal and trash,
made my way up the hill gathering all the copper and brass I could eyeball.
Turned on the Safari, stock coil was all I had with me,
amazingly I picked a signal from the trash, dug an 1878 IH, check the hole,
another 1878...
check the hole, another signal, different numbers.
Big root in the way, pulled some dirt from underneath, small silver coin
Take a close look, hmm 1652, that's familiar. wrap in leaf and secure it.
scan again, another signal. looks to be a Charles II Groat, now that's a rare find over here.
Very Strange, coin spill over older coin spill ? Anyway this was a first for me...
No pix of The IHs or the groat cause they got put somewhere safe in my truck
They'll turn up sometime.
This morning I identified my Oak threepence as a 'Noe-28', an 'R-6, 13-30 examples known' and she appears to be almost uncirculated and well struck (for Ma Silver) under that dirt.
Diagnostics on this one are easy, both legends start at lower left, 5 in date squashed.
Shown as an example is the Wurzbach plate coin of this variety, in the description he notes:
"Crosby could not find a specimen good enough to furnish a proper description. Excessively rare"
I take this to mean that he obtained a better specimen than Crosby, and was right proud of the fact.
Breen notes "All specimens I have examined are dogs, due to weak striking and weakly cut dies".
These quotes give you some idea of the apparent jealousy and competitiveness of collectors and 'experts' on Massachusetts silver.
given the condition of the best example I could find, I think mine is a looker.
Apparently these coins don't appear much in higher grades.
And a photo of a stern Colonial Governor from the period.
Trees seem to be sprouting all over this year.
Thanks for looking & HH Everyone
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