Beautiful 1798 large cent

[grasshopper]

Got this today at the 1790s courthouse. Also got an unidentifiable copper - I feel like I see something but can't make out what it might be.

Got around to putting all the coins and buttons in a temporary display case. This site has yielded an impressive quantity of relics...

 

[cambria09]

Ah-So grasshopper!! The 1700's and in great shape too it appears!! Those are very difficult to come by here in FL. NICE very NICE!!

Thanks for posting it and Good Luck out there. C9

BTW great button display.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Love the old coppers, congratulations!

 

[MadTom]

That came out real nice. Congrats!

 

[trdking]

Spectacular Definitely one on my bucket Congrats

 

[against the wind]

Wow,, 1798 and in great shape. I would love to see pictures of the pretty lady, once you clean it up a little.
Congratulations

 

[Coil-2-Soil]

Wow,that is a very nice coin and in really great shape. I like the rest of the finds also. Congrats and continued good hunting.

 

[Scrappy]

I love a nice clean early large cent. Very nice

 

[Patriot Relics]

Very nice LC in great condition

 

[grasshopper]

Here she is a bit more cleaned up

 

[BLK HOLE]

Oh that is a beauty!!! Congratulations

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Wow that is an awesome old LC! Good job with the delicate cleaning. Do you coat with Renaissance wax or leave exposed at this point. I have a couple old coppers with good detail like yours that I am considering locking in the patina with Renn wax, but maybe a bad idea?

 

[HighVDI]

That really is a special coin. They don't come out much nicer than that!

 

[TWray]

Great finds. Just curious what channels you went through, (I would have to go through), to hunt the, (a), courthouse. Congrats!

 

[grasshopper]

Great finds. Just curious what channels you went through, (I would have to go through), to hunt the, (a), courthouse. Congrats!

It's not standing anymore. The foundation was still there when I started hunting it, surrounded by a small wooded area. The owner cleared all the trees and bulldozed the area flat recently (hence why I've been finding 1700s coins and buttons practically on the surface).

It was originally just a house built in the late 1780s/early 1790s, the guy who lived there became the county clerk and held town court meetings at his residence. So I guess it never really was an official court.

 

[grasshopper]

Wow that is an awesome old LC! Good job with the delicate cleaning. Do you coat with Renaissance wax or leave exposed at this point. I have a couple old coppers with good detail like yours that I am considering locking in the patina with Renn wax, but maybe a bad idea?

I have never tried Renaissance wax. This one is just a light toothpicking/toothbrushing. I try to leave a little bit of dirt on most of the coins I find...I feel like it makes the details pop a little better.

 

[TWray]

It's not standing anymore. The foundation was still there when I started hunting it, surrounded by a small wooded area. The owner cleared all the trees and bulldozed the area flat recently (hence why I've been finding 1700s coins and buttons practically on the surface).

It was originally just a house built in the late 1780s/early 1790s, the guy who lived there became the county clerk and held town court meetings at his residence. So I guess it never really was an official court.

I see. Thanks for the info grasshopper. I’ve been focused on a few places, (structures), like this and was curious about the possibilities.

 

[Lord Verdigris]

Sweet coin! [emoji106]

 

[DeadLizard7]

Gorgeous coin, congrats!

 

[sutphin]

LAST TIME I SAW THAT MANY BUTTONS WAS IN A JAR 7 GRADE BEING SMART AWS . HAD OVER 100 THAT HAD TO BE SEWN AND READY FOR CLASS NEXT DAY ON A TEENY PIECE OF CLOTH.....NICE FINDS