1875 seated Liberty twenty cent piece

[goldbill]

I have been going thru a dry spell lately... but I keep telling myself.. keep out there and it will come.

today it came! I visited three sites that a friend [mainerelic] and I worked this spring. On the third site, at around 3:30 this afternoon, I had a solid "84" signal. that's always a dig for me. at about 7 inches, out comes this coin. my first thought was "what is this ... a small quarter? maybe it has been clipped" then I see the seated liberty! and the date! 1875! and i said to myself "all right! I've been wanting one of these!" later I found a gold ring w/a monster stone.. does it get any better than this turns out to be a costume ... but I was psyched for awhile. when I got home, I was on the phone with a friend {not mainerelic}. I told him " I found a 1875 seated liberty in real good shape. Hang on I am going to rinse it off now"..... then I said.."something's wrong" "it says twenty cents not twenty five cents, I guess I have a twenty cent pc.. did they ever make those?" they sure did look .

 

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[hogge]

AWESOME! A key date too! Don't see too many found. Too bad, it looks damaged on the obverse. VF-20 lists for 600. (Not saying that would be the grade but it's close) The damage would lower it considerably.

 

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[halfdime]

I agree that this is a Banner coin, but there is some sort of guideline that keeps new posters from getting there. There are way more gold coins found than 20 cent pieces; this is a wonderful find!

 

[Argentium]

Yeah Buddy ! That is a highly desirable find indeed ! I'm a bit concerned about the vertical mark
on the obverse - near Liberty's arm - is it a scratch ? It's only a big deal if one were interested in
selling the piece , if not no worries ! As an earlier post mentioned , we see more gold coins than
twenty cent pieces posted here ! BANNER !!!! Argentium.

 

[JerV3]

Congrats man,

Love that 20 cent coin. Very rare to find with a unit.

HH Jer

 

[93vector]

Sweet coin....don't see many of those posted!!!

 

[Jobey1]

Absolutely Awesome!!!!!!

 

[lidigger]

A beautiful find! Beats the two cents I found today anytime.

 

[pakeha63]

I vote banner on this one. Excellent find

 

[xymox]

that is wild west silver "cc" think about that

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Great find, I'll give you a banner vote !!

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[dfx willy]

oh ya ! thats banner! great find. willy

 

[goldbill]

thanks everyone for all your comments . i've been on a cloud since i found it. as to the mark on the obverse side at first i thought that it was background on the coin. i just looked with a loop and i'm guessing that its an old strike of some sort it's full of dirt i haven't cleaned it at all yet. i think it's also slightly concave. probably a hundred maine winters will bend anything.ive been through almost 57 and i'm kinda bent too!

 

[Deepdiger60]

Beautiful coin a CC is a rare find for that coin , there is nothing wrong with your pics they look fine if you where looking to enlarge them its easy i use (Picnik) its free and works great . Good find that should grade high Jim

 

[N.J.THer]

Awesome find...that is on my wish list.

My vote is in for banner.

NJ

 

[rhedden]

Too bad about scratches, as that coin has XF45 details minimum (arguably AU), and it could have been a $1,000 to $1,250 coin without the damage. It's still a heck of a find!

 

[goldbill]

I agree that this is a Banner coin, but there is some sort of guideline that keeps new posters from getting there. There are way more gold coins found than 20 cent pieces; this is a wonderful find!

thanks for the comment guidelines really i thought it was about the finds!!! my buddy keeps telling me to put them on line however the computer is a mystery to me .i was at least 3 hours getting those pics on line and they were huge someone helped me i think thanks whoever you are. bill

 

[Trezurehunter]

Great find & nice looking coin.

 

[mainer]

That is a great find. Finding a CC way up here, the odds were staked against you. But finding a CC 20 center, the odds were astronomical. Great find.

 

[DKinPA]

Fantastic!!!

Terrific find!!! Congrats and thanks for sharing!!!

HH

Dave

 

[goldbill]

That is a great find. Finding a CC way up here, the odds were staked against you. But finding a CC 20 center, the odds were astronomical. Great find. quote] thanks mainer ive been following your post for two years i've learned alot from you as well as everyone on here!! thanks again