1794 Flowing hair silver dollar 7.85 million dollars

[Deepdiger60]

http://www.coinnews.net/2010/05/20/rare-1794-silver-dollar-sets-world-record-price-at-7.85-million/
Beautiful coin
Graded PCGS Specimen-66, it is the finest known 1794 dollar and believed by several prominent experts to be the first silver dollar ever struck by the United States Mint.

 

[timbobwey]

Man, I'd sure like to find one of those.

 

[Hill Billy]

Would be nice to dig one of those.

 

[Mach1Pilot]

I told my wife that I hunt places where it is possible to find something like this.

She said, "keep hunting!"

 

[prolab69]

I found one of them at a tot lot, right under the monkey bars,

 

[Cool Hand Fluke]

I found one of them at a tot lot, right under the monkey bars,

I actually know a guy who found a five dollar gold piece under the swings in a school yard sand box. So it can happen! Kid breaks into dads coin collection, kid looses coin, and it ends up being found by a detectorist

 

[IWillFindTheGold]

I found one of them at a tot lot, right under the monkey bars,

LOL!

 

[Mackaydon]

Yes, I posted the same coin a while ago:

Silver Dollar Sets New World Record $7.85 M
Posted May 21, 2010, 02:05:31 PM

http://www.coinnews.net/2010/05/20/rare-1794-silver-dollar-sets-world-record-price-at-7-85-million/

 

[Iron Patch]

Bet it would clean up great with some toothpaste.

 

[Mackaydon]

Or silver dip.
(I'm kidding, of course)

 

[favored papa]

If the one you found in the tot lot had bubble gum on one side and a heresies chocolate thumb print on the other it was mine I lost it going down the slide.

 

[hogge]

Although I have found some great and valuable, RARE, relics and coins, my ultimate goal is to find a flowing hair silver. Greg, (1235CE), came close with a Draped Bust Silver. My wish list also includes, a Higley Copper, Massachusetts Silver and (or), New England Coinage, and a gold coin. We, in the northeast, are lucky enough to live in the oldest part of the United States, which makes these finds attainable. A 1776 Colonial Currency Dollar would be nice too! These dreams are what makes us all keep going. HH Hogge

 

[Deepdiger60]

Although I have found some great and valuable, RARE, relics and coins, my ultimate goal is to find a flowing hair silver. Greg, (1235CE), came close with a Draped Bust Silver. My wish list also includes, a Higley Copper, Massachusetts Silver and (or), New England Coinage, and a gold coin. We, in the northeast, are lucky enough to live in the oldest part of the United States, which makes these finds attainable. A 1776 Colonial Currency Dollar would be nice too! These dreams are what makes us all keep going. HH Hogge

Ditto on that iam right in the heart of Colonial America one day ill find that Pine Tree silver shilling or a Dutch silver 1500,s Good luck Dd60

 

[joeyfresh]

We, in the northeast, are lucky enough to live in the oldest part of the United States, which makes these finds attainable.

Us in eastern Virginia might disagree with that statement

....btw I am originally from Quincy, MA

 

[fathead]

Actually, I think Delaware holds the title of 1st state. Now as for European settlement. Florida, Roanoke, Jamestown. Unless you count Norse fishermen along the north coast in 1000CE.

If we must split hairs, then split them finely.

PS- All of this info is barely remembered from 10 years ago so any or all of could be incorrect. Too lazy to check it out.

-FH

 

[hogge]

We, in the northeast, are lucky enough to live in the oldest part of the United States, which makes these finds attainable.

Us in eastern Virginia might disagree with that statement

....btw I am originally from Quincy, MA

OK ...THERE....HOTSHOT! Geez.......Let me include ALL of the eastern seaboard. Does this satisfy ya?? GOOD LUCK

 

[joeyfresh]

Actually, I think Delaware holds the title of 1st state. Now as for European settlement. Florida, Roanoke, Jamestown. Unless you count Norse fishermen along the north coast in 1000CE.

If we must split hairs, then split them finely.

PS- All of this info is barely remembered from 10 years ago so any or all of could be incorrect. Too lazy to check it out.

-FH

It would be splitting hairs if Jamestown was settled a week before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock but that's not the case.

Yes, Florida is by far the oldest European settled state in the U.S. Roanoke Island was a failed English settlement. Jamestown was the first successful English settlement, 13 years before the Pilgrims in Massachusetts. Delaware was the first state admitted the union.

I grew up in Massachusetts thinking that the Pilgrims were the first to settle in America then I moved to Virginia and learned the truth. Don't get me wrong, I love New England history and salivate at the chance to take up my new hobby there next time I visit my family.

 

[joeyfresh]

We are lucky to live on the east coast and I am a life long colonial history buff. I envy your finds and hope to find my first colonial coin soon

 

[Deepdiger60]

Bet it would clean up great with some toothpaste.

LOL IP

 

[hogge]

Actually, I think Delaware holds the title of 1st state. Now as for European settlement. Florida, Roanoke, Jamestown. Unless you count Norse fishermen along the north coast in 1000CE.

If we must split hairs, then split them finely.

PS- All of this info is barely remembered from 10 years ago so any or all of could be incorrect. Too lazy to check it out.

-FH

It would be splitting hairs if Jamestown was settled a week before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock but that's not the case.

Yes, Florida is by far the oldest European settled state in the U.S. Roanoke Island was a failed English settlement. Jamestown was the first successful English settlement, 13 years before the Pilgrims in Massachusetts. Delaware was the first state admitted the union.

I grew up in Massachusetts thinking that the Pilgrims were the first to settle in America then I moved to Virginia and learned the truth. Don't get me wrong, I love New England history and salivate at the chance to take up my new hobby there next time I visit my family.

And don't forget Albany N.Y. in 1609 by the Dutch......My point was.....The coins I mentioned circulated MORE freely throughout the NORTHERN colonies. You may find older coins...cobbs, spanish silver, even some ancient, but EXTREMELY, highly doubtful a Higley copper or NE token. It's not to say you won't, as I did find a 1616 Sommers Island, Large Porthole 6 Pence in Western Ma. 1 of only 4 found on the Continental US. The other 3 were found on a beach in Maine. HH Hogge