1847 Braided Hair Large Cent

Kyle PA · Aug 23, 2009

KKC got out today and I found this 1847 Braided Hair large cent and Barber quarter. This is the 7th copper off of this farm.

Don in SJ · Aug 23, 2009

I like those octagan shaped Largies :icon_thumleft:

Don

West Jersey Detecting · Aug 23, 2009

Is it my imagination or was that coin intentionally hammered into an octagonal shape?

Both are nice finds!

Don in SJ · Aug 23, 2009

They seemed to love to mutilate the coins ::)

, I have two Large Cents hammered similiarly, although Kyle's is a much neater job than the work done on my two.

Don

allen · Aug 23, 2009

that is one nice looking l.c ! :thumbsup:

cliff dfx · Aug 23, 2009

way to go on the coins :icon_thumright:

ModernMiner · Aug 23, 2009

Sir Kyle,
What an unusual LC to find. I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me.

I've never seen one like it.
Great job on both coins big guy. You guys are killing this year!
-Dug-
P.S. I got my amish hat in the mail this week, so I'll be up soon. :wink:

Detectingfreak · Aug 23, 2009

I am pretty sure it was punched into an octogon shape to look just like the california gold coin that they had back in the day. That way they could pay off big debts and pretend it was a gold coin when it really was just worth 1 cent.

Thats my guess

Nice find!

Kirk PA · Aug 23, 2009

That is what we seek (coppers), brother! We must hit 100 coppers this year! :hello2:

Kirk

spartacus53 · Aug 23, 2009

WTG 2 great finds there :icon_thumleft:

EARTHWORKS · Aug 23, 2009

Nice !!

creeper71 · Aug 23, 2009

Neil in West Jersey said:
Is it my imagination or was that coin intentionally hammered into an octagonal shape?

Both are nice finds!

thought that EXACT same thing

Brian in MA · Aug 23, 2009

Way to go Kyle. Love that green patina. I wish the coppers around came out looking like that. We call them 'greenies', but not sure why. They are rarely ever green.

I got an octagon shaped 'greenie' earlier in the season. But, it was so rough I'm not even sure if it's a LC or KG....

Keep 'em coming....

Brian in MA

TC4 · Aug 23, 2009

great coins :thumbsup:

very nice large cent

West Jersey Detecting · Aug 23, 2009

Kirk PA said:
That is what we seek (coppers), brother! We must hit 100 coppers this year!

Kirk

I am averaging one a month and I am thrilled... but 100

I wish you good luck!

artzstuff1 · Aug 23, 2009

Fantastic finds !!! I wish there were more of those large cents around here in il. just not to many seem to surface :icon_scratch:

,,

Seems like the further east ya go the more largies there are,,

thanks for sharin your treasures!!! :headbang:

arthur

garthbfan169 · Aug 23, 2009

Those are some very kool finds. That's the first I've seen shaped like that!! :notworthy:

Sniffy · Aug 23, 2009

I have a 1847 Largie with a couple dents in it just like yours. Why is that? anyone know?

wingmaster · Aug 23, 2009

Very nice finds congrats.

Nate in Ohio · Aug 23, 2009

Don in SJ said:
I like those octagan shaped Largies

Don

So you sound like you might know why someone would want to hammer their large cent into an octagonal shape...? Could it be what Detectingfreak said? And even then I don't see how that would fool someone...at least it could be dipped in gold or colored to resemble a gold coin.

Aaaanyway nice hunting guys.