Continental Curency Dollar Again.....

[steelheadwill]

I don't really know where to start,
as when I found my gold Ducat, it began with a premonition, just last night,
I had mentioned to my girlfriend that some of the early Colonial coins had the slogan
'Mind Your Business' attributed to my favorite Founding Father: Benjamin Franklin.
Had a -1.36 low tide this morning, so I was in the mud at dawn, made a few nice finds and finished up at 8 am. With my work schedule, I had a couple more hours to spare, so I thought about doing some hunting elsewhere.
Without ANY hope for significant finds, I headed to an inland tidal river, & started swinging, in a few seconds, I get a shallow 36 hit, turn over some mud, & pluck out a large coin, give it a rinse, & see what I thought was a chain around the edge,
dropped my detector & shovel and head back to my truck.
A closer look reveals that it is not a chain cent.
I have a good idea what it is, as I have a full set of colonial reproductions.
What to do ? of course look for more!
Found a few more interesting items, that any other day would be posted here & now.
Today is no ordinary day.
Rubbings show good date, am storing in distilled water until I can find info on having it professionally cleaned. tips welcome! more info:
http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinText/CC-Dollar.1.html
the top 2 pix are for comparison of course, bottom 6 are my find.
Thanks for looking, & Great Digs to You All, Herbie.
A Huge thanks to Mike, (4-H) for confirming field ID, and calming me down a bit!

 

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[steelheadwill]

I still ponder this piece occasionally.
my thoughts are that it's a period repro.
It certainly shows more deterioration than one of the 1876 (or more modern)
copies would.
I had to get myself a Bashlow 'S' 'Restrike'
Love B.Franklins Design and quotes.,

 

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Herbie, whatever period, whatever material, repro or real deal-it's a super nice recovery. Keep us posted. HH, Quindy.

 

[Born2Late]

I'm curious as to how this was resolved. It appears corroded enough that it might actually be old pewter or, as someone said, the result of the top layer of an electro being dissolved.

The Newman 1 obverse is the only one of the five obverses to use the CURENCY spelling. Newman 2 and 3 used CURRENCY. Newman 4 used CURRENCEY. Newman 5 corrected the spelling by recutting the last E into a Y and covering the Y with a "snowflake" ornament. Given that this piece uses CURENCY, it must a Newman 1 obverse (or copy of one.) There are seven varieties in total: 1-A, 1-B, 1-C, 2-C, 3-D, 4-D and 5-D. Reverse A has the reverse rings composed of dots, Reverse B has the dots connected by lines and Reverse C has solid lines forming the rings. Reverse D has a very small N at the end of American. So, this is definitely a real or copied example of Newman 1-C, as someone said.

Are any elements of an edge device showing? It should be a twin olive-leaf design. Most copies have a plain edge.

The sundial numerals are also a good indicator. However, I can't tell much from the pics.

Also, most copies tend to be thick and heavy, while genuine examples are thinner. Weight is probably not conclusive here, given condition.

BTW, examples of all seven varieties, in all three metals, were sold by Heritage at the FUN convention this week. The silver examples brought about $1 million each.

Hope it turned out to be genuine! I own two genuine pieces, both Newman 3-D's, and consider them among the highlights of my collection. Unfortunately, I had to buy both of them, but fortunately when they were still affordable. Before buying one, I spent a year studying real ones and buying every cheap copy I could get my hands on. I was offered one by a VERY well-known dealer that I knew was fake (the coin, not the dealer.) So, the diligence paid off.

 

[Ahab8]

One of the most beautiful coins ever made in my opinion. And boy oh boy what a find that would be. I don't quite dare to put it on my list but you just never know what's waiting in that next hole

 

[Born2Late]

And damned historic, too - Pretty close to the Revolution's "ground zero." I get goose bumps whenever I hold one.

A Noe-29 PTS is also quite a find, Ahab8!