1794 Liberty Cap Large Cent pulled from dealer junk foreign bin

[sshafer11]

Title says it all, still in shock. I found this corroded but nonetheless beautiful coin today out of a bulk lot of old foreign coins I bought by the pound, somewhere around .10-.15 per coin out of a foreign bargain bin.

 

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[gman7665]

Thats a Great find and nice Keeper !!!

 

[Tnmountains]

Somebody goofed and did not know what they were seeing. You scored!

 

[vpnavy]

Great find! Thanks for sharing...

 

[Mach1Pilot]

Very nice find!

 

[Coilcrazy2]

Never know what youre going to find in those "foreign bins"! Thats a really sweet coin for sure sshafer11
Best i ever found in one of those "foreign bins" is a couple of worn V nickels.haha

 

[antique man]

Yeah those foreign coin bins are always hiding good stuff somewhere in there.
One time I found a circa. 1835 "ships colonies commerce" canadian token worth $30-$50.
And I thought I scored haha!

 

[Tenspeed]

What a great deal for a really special coin! Are you going to go back and point out their miss?

 

[ATpro5]

Wow... you need to buy a lottery ticket. That's some extreme luck that you don't see everyday...

 

[Evolution]

Nice score for sure.... That coin looks like it came out of the ground. Definitely looks like a dug coin.... which surprises me because most people who are digging coins that old tend to have at least some idea of their value and that makes you wonder how it came to be in that lot of coins.

 

[hogge]

Nice coin! Sheldon-63...."fallen" 4....scarce. In it's condition....possibly $100 coin.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Good score! Nice save!

 

[park pirate]

Nice save..

 

[Gaspipe]

Very very nice.

 

[sshafer11]

Thanks for the nice replies everyone. I did end up sharing this find with the dealer I got it from. It happened to be a dealer that I do a lot of business with and I'm just not the kind of person to keep secrets like that I guess. Also, if I was in their shoes I figured I would probably want to know as well. The coin somehow got misplaced and ended up in the foreign bin. I do believe it is a dug coin that has been very nicely cleaned. Because I'm already doing a type set, and because it is a scarce variety (Sheldon 63 was my thought as well) I actually already sent it in to NGC. I intend to hold onto this thing for a long time even though it's gonna be a details grade.

The pictures don't quite do it justice, partially because I'm bad at photographing coins with my phone. The corrosion is obviously pretty bad but there is definitely some meat on the bust. I think it has a shot at F to VF details which the dealer (who is a solid grader) agreed with.

It definitely has my blood boiling to get out and do some detecting too, because you never know when you might find something like this in the ground.

 

[BigWaveDave]

I nominated it Banner. one heck of a find