1776 Birth of a nation coin Or is it 1775?

[tymcmurray]

Civilman and I hit the house that produced the 1784 counterfit
coin last weekend. We had high hope for a good hunt and were
not disappointed!
Joe and I quickly found a large cent each. We waited for a break
to clean them to see what exactly we found. Boy, was I surprised!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had to have Joe verify what I thought I was seeing. He did.
I was lucky enough to find a King Georgius III Rex 1776!!!
What are the odds of finding two rare coins in two hunts?
NOTHING could bring me down after that.
I went on to find a dateless Indian, a flat button with some gold guilt,
A small buckle, and a Lions' leg furniture foot. I'll let Joe share his finds
with you.















I am going to have to run my coin finds by you guys
before I name them. LOL

 

[t-bucket]

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Those are some sweet finds.Congrats !!!!!!

 

[Natman]

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You guys need to go out and celebrate after those successful hunts!

Awesome stuff Ty, congrats

Nat

 

[Iron Patch]

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I think it's probably 1775, not sure if I'd wet that one. Good find!

 

[Burdie]

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Good Lord how can you top that? By finding another one I guess. Congrats big time.

Burdie

 

[leddel]

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hello Tymcmurray are you absolute on the date of the coin if so then it ain't a British king george coin , its a Machinn Mills counterfiet copper and a pretty rare one at that and my congrats to ya , Dan

 

[civilman1]

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That was awesome Ty....Even though I was late getting up there it all turned out pretty SWEET!!!...2 in 2 Hunt's,go figure buddy,and yes I can verify the "6",I saw it plain as day,awesome find.Wrong spot at the wrong time for me....AGAIN We need to hit the Lime Kiln and let that place cool off for a while haven't even been there yet...should be some good pickin's there too.Although I can't repeat the word's when you found it here I'll just say Congrat's on an awesome find my friend....You got the knack for Oldie's Buddy.Great Hunting

 

[civilman1]

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hello Tymcmurray are you absolute on the date of the coin if so then it ain't a British king george coin , its a Machinn Mills counterfiet copper and a pretty rare one at that and my congrats to ya , Dan

AGAIN

 

[Iron Patch]

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Post the other side of the coin. If there's any detail it will probably be easy to say whether it's 1775 or 76, the 1775s fool a lot of people because the "5" can look very close to a "6"

The Bust side is usually quite different for each.

 

[Don in SJ]

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Nice going on the finds, but like Iron Patch, I am not convinced on the date. Not necessilarily a Machin's Mills if 1776, could be just a Imitation Counterfeit from 1776, both the Imitation and the Machin's Mills 1776 circulated freely.

The details in the photo are not clear enough to identify the date for sure and then if it is Machin's or an Imitation.

Both Machin's and Imitation Halfpennies for 1776 are about the same in value. Rarity is not a super high one for 1776, but if it is a 1776 that would be great.

Is the Obverse side in bad shape that you did not post it? And yes a 5 and 6 are very hard to tell the difference on a lot of the colonials......

Don

 

[tymcmurray]

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Post the other side of the coin. If there's any detail it will probably be easy to say whether it's 1775 or 76, the 1775s fool a lot of people because the "5" can look very close to a "6"

The Bust side is usually quite different for each.

Not a whole lot of detail except for the sharp lines on the sleeve.

 

[Iron Patch]

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Can't say. How about a real close shot of the date? As I said some 5s are close to a 6 but just not quite closed.

 

[ModernMiner]

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Ty,
You & Civil are tearing the place up. Congrats to both of you on some awesome finds. Can't wait to hear the verdict on this latest coin.
-MM-

 

[civilman1]

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Ty,
You & Civil are tearing the place up. Congrats to both of you on some awesome finds. Can't wait to hear the verdict on this latest coin.
-MM-

Me too.....I guess it's the Hostest with the Mostest.

 

[tymcmurray]

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Ty,
You & Civil are tearing the place up. Congrats to both of you on some awesome finds. Can't wait to hear the verdict on this latest coin.
-MM-

Thanks MM! We ARE having a great time while we can.
We all know that lean times are always just around the corner.

 

[crazyjarhead]

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Absolutely amazing find.

 

[tymcmurray]

Good Lord how can you top that? By finding another one I guess. Congrats big time.

Burdie

Maybe this site will be kind to us a few more times.
There is still so much property we haven't touched.
We have been concentrating on the garden and
aroun the houses. Who knows what's in those fields
and lanes. There is also the old Lime Kiln that we
haven't even seen yet.
Thanks alot, Burdie.

 

[tymcmurray]

You guys need to go out and celebrate after those successful hunts!

Awesome stuff Ty, congrats

Nat

Thanks, Nat!
Joe and I always carry some celebratory libations......
JUST in case we have a good hunt, if you know what I mean.

 

[tymcmurray]

Can't say. How about a real close shot of the date? As I said some 5s are close to a 6 but just not quite closed.

Iron Patch, I am still trying different things in order to get a better photo.
I haven't forgotten.

 

[Mona Lisa]

You found the leg off of Cilvil's lion!! Now get back there and find the rest of his parts!!

Congrats on a great coin!!