1794 Large Cent found in Pa

[wyatt earp]

I haven't posted here in a long time, but I had to come by and show you all this one. It's the best large cent I've ever dug, and she was scarcely 2 inches deep. It was unearthed in an old cemetery that had its last interment prior to the civil war, and yes, I did have permission to hunt.

Wyatt Earp

 

[artorius]

Magnificent find! That approaches the Banner level.

artorius

 

[loobosh]

Nice find hope to get to the east coast someday

 

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

What a beauty!

 

[Don in SJ]

It is always nice to see the Liberty Cap cents being found and posted, 1794 is one of the years that has a zillion varieties, well actually about 68 plus or minus a few varieties, but that is a bunch. Most are more scarce than others and with that many varieties there are many that are worth thousands of dollars and some even worth a bit in corroded and worn condition.

I looked at yours and unfortunately your 1794 is the most common one known out of all of the varieties, and even if not dug, it would not had been a big money coin.

http://www.coinfacts.com/large_cent...ents/1794_large_cents/1794_large_cent_s65.htm

1794 S-65 "Shielded Hair" variety

The most common 1794 variety, and overgraded most of the time due to the hair detail. This is the "Shielded Hair" variety, which always comes with the lower left dentils on the obverse struck very high (and correspondingly weak in the upper right,) protecting the hair detail


I just checked my 1794 finds and one of mine is also a S-65, not quite as much detail as yours, but the same wear pattern on the Obverse side and a bit better than your Reverse.

Don

 

[jgas]

That is a coveted coin by most of us midwesterners! Nice find right there, congrats.. jgas

 

[wyatt earp]

"Common", as it applies to the Sheldon varieties is a relative term. It's as common as a 215 year old coin with a mintage of around 918K can be.

It's real value to me...is as a piece of "tangible" history. It serves to remind me of our idealistic beginnings, and how far down the slippery slope we've descended since then. It would have been neat if she were one of the scarcer ones, but that would have just tempted me to sell her. I am going to keep this one. I don't usually "bond" with dug items....but this one is special.

Wyatt earp

 

[romeo-1]

That's a great find...but, just because you have permission to hunt in a cemetary doesn't mean you should.. It is not good for the hobby as a whole for the uninitiated to see a detectorist digging around in the grave yard...and in my opinion it is just wrong.

OK...I'm off my soapbox.

 

[wyatt earp]

It's OK to hold that opinion, and I wasn't digging where the graves are....but in the "common area" where they'd have tied the carriages and horses. As far as the uninitiated seeing me....not in this town. There's zero traffic on this road, and in a very small town like this one...everybody knows everybody.

Wyatt Earp

 

[texjim]

i would hang on to it also.. the old finds like that makes you wonder who had there hands on it and where has it been before it was dropped.... good job...

 

[CowboyKolo]

A bit dark, so hope you don't mind I "cleaned" it up for you a bit...
sure is pretty. I dunno much bout grading coins, but if I'm right,
I'd say that's AG-3. 2009 redbook puts it bout 280 bucks.
Very sweet find. Wish my part of the country had that much
history. Best I could probably hope for would be an 1880's coins.
Might have to come out n visit some time

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

That's a great find...but, just because you have permission to hunt in a cemetary doesn't mean you should.. It is not good for the hobby as a whole for the uninitiated to see a detectorist digging around in the grave yard...and in my opinion it is just wrong.

OK...I'm off my soapbox.

Not to get into a big discussion, but there are plenty of areas in cemeteries that are away from graves. Handled with care and respect, I see nothing wrong with it.

Congrats on your beauty of an early LC!!

 

[Nate in Ohio]

That's a great find...but, just because you have permission to hunt in a cemetary doesn't mean you should.. It is not good for the hobby as a whole for the uninitiated to see a detectorist digging around in the grave yard...and in my opinion it is just wrong.

OK...I'm off my soapbox.

Not to get into a big discussion, but there are plenty of areas in cemeteries that are away from graves. Handled with care and respect, I see nothing wrong with it.

Congrats on your beauty of an early LC!!

I agree with Neil.
Anyway, that's a FANTASTIC speciment there. Always see these KG colonials posted and such but not so much the early Americans!

 

[xlt nh]

WOW!! She's a real beauty!!!! HUGE CONGRATS!!

HH, Hank 8)

 

[John (Ma)]

Very nice!

 

[romeo-1]

It's OK to hold that opinion, and I wasn't digging where the graves are....but in the "common area" where they'd have tied the carriages and horses. As far as the uninitiated seeing me....not in this town. There's zero traffic on this road, and in a very small town like this one...everybody knows everybody.

Wyatt Earp

OK, that's different! Again, great find!

 

[crazyjarhead]

Very nice coin. Nice piece of American history

 

[Finman]

Beautiful coin and excellent piece of history!!!! Major Congrats!!!!

HH Joe

 

[STH69]

Very nice

 

[Sniffy]

Good lookin gal there..

Just wanted to remind you again...awesome coin.