Beautiful Half-Penny Dug in Charleston S.C.

[55th Massachusetts]

I just recently dug this Hibernia 1781 King George III Half-Penny in the Charleston S.C. area. With the recent posts on the "condition" of relics dug in South Carolina , I felt that I should post this coin.

In the sandy coast of the SC lowcountry, the relics come out of the ground looking, well like this coin. I haven't even taken a toothbrush or washed this coin. It is exactly how it came out of the ground.

I have dug in this area for almost 40 years, and the relics found there come out of the ground better than anywhere in the country as far as I am concerned.
REB

 

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[pepperj]

It's got the age and the beauty, very nice.
It's always nice to have kind soil around.

 

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[Kirk PA]

Wow, this is one of the best coppers I have seen posted. You have to love those Colonial relics. I love them with a passion.

Kirk

 

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REB, here's two that came out of a very sandy yard this summer. The marines button I just rinsed off with water.

I sure remember this yard, we must've dug 15 Civil War buttons out of this yard along with the Beautiful example of a KGII that you have pictured above. That yard was much like that sugar sand of South Carolina. Both 55th Mass and your KGII once again just show another example of what good soil conditions can do for your finds! Great Coppers both of'um

 

[PEles]

Hey Robert gorgeous coin. Yeah most folks don't have a clue as to how some of our coins & relics come out the ground down here. We definitely have some of the prettiest dug relics in the world. I shouldn't be ticked off about not making the banner with the SC buckle, but it's the principle of the thing. The fact they have a banner up there is to show off some of their readers best finds. If this isnt considered a rare and valuable find and not worthy of their consideration then something's not right about who's making the decisions on banner finds. Obviously they don't know what they're doing! I think it's a clique thing etheir your in their clique or not and appears I'm not I think it's becasuse i post a lot on the depot myself. Somebody making the call on the banner stuff has issues with the depot I imagine, they've seen some of my finds before .Nice coin bud

LP

 

[Garabaldi]

Geeze gotta love that soil. Nicest colonial copper I have seen dug. Nice recovery. preserving our history one hole at a time.
Congrats.