1959 Nigerian penny

cord · May 12, 2012

I thought it was a rusty washer. Kinda cool!

old digger · May 12, 2012

Nice find, where did you find it? I grew up in Nigeria, and have a few of those. :thumbsup:

cord · May 12, 2012

old digger said:
Nice find, where did you find it? I grew up in Nigeria, and have a few of those.

Found in A public park in Oak Creek Colorado.

cord · May 12, 2012

old digger said:
Nice find, where did you find it? I grew up in Nigeria, and have a few of those.

I found In a small mountain town of Oak Creek Colorado. Population 800.
I can only imagine the story it has to tell.

sagittarius98 · May 12, 2012

cord said:
I found In a small mountain town of Oak Creek Colorado. Population 800.
I can only imagine the story it has to tell.

You posted twice.

cord · May 12, 2012

Hey thanks!

sagittarius98 · May 13, 2012

cord said:
Hey thanks!

You can just delete your first post.

GibH · May 13, 2012

That penny must have been lost from the cash shipment the Nigerian Minister of Agricultural Planning and Developemental Animal Husbandry Research was supposed to be sending to my bank.

sagittarius98 · May 13, 2012

GibH said:
That penny must have been lost from the cash shipment the Nigerian Minister of Agricultural Planning and Developemental Animal Husbandry Research was supposed to be sending to my bank.

Those are no longer used, as now there is a different currency in Nigeria.

cord · May 13, 2012

I can't possible have value. Can it?

Mzjavert · May 14, 2012

Valuable or not that's just a cool find.

cord · May 14, 2012

Mzjavert said:
Valuable or not that's just a cool find.

Yep. It's going in a case of first year finds. A person could get addicted to this sport metal detecting. It's way fun!

sagittarius98 · May 14, 2012

cord said:
I can't possible have value. Can it?

It is worth about $0.25.

allen · May 15, 2012

neat looking coin!

OroJoeDude · May 16, 2012

Probably from a hundred years or so ago when they were importing coal miners to work the tunnels.
Just a guess.

cord · May 16, 2012

OroJoeDude said:
Probably from a hundred years or so ago when they were importing coal miners to work the tunnels.
Just a guess.

That's a real possibility. I do think this did in fact come from a tourist. When item was found there was a modern dime in the same location.

I am very new at the treasure hunting with a detector and honestly have never ever seen "Cob" before.