Find of a lifetime!

[ITB5]

Never thought I would find one.
Find of a lifetime!

 

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[against the wind]

Second only to the 1909s, in mintage for the IHP.
Congratulations on a key date.

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

Killer find, congratulations!

 

[A2coins]

Amazing best find Great post~~~~​

 

[A2coins]

Welcome to tnet also

 

[coinman123]

Has to be worth at least a couple hundred dollars, even in the condition it is! One of the biggest small cent key dates! Congrats, I have only found a few IHCs, and only common dates, none after 1872 for some reason though. I couldn't imagine finding an 1877 ever!

 

[fistfulladirt]

Congrats! Some photos show the coin light colored, and some dark?

 

[always diggin]

Nice, old IH. Congratulations!

 

[Joe G from Md]

WOW! 1877 Sweet.

 

[Loco-Digger]

Welcome to the 1877 club.

 

[jbrown]

Outstanding find, keep up the good work

 

[L.C. BAKER]

It was not me that found it, but it is a find of a lifetime. A coded K.G.C. letter.



It was found in a wire top glass jar under the scales on the foot of Nebraska Chief Justice Danial Gant's Marker. It is also a Compass point made by Julius Sterling Morton who had Gant dug up and relocated there.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on that tough date Indian Head. Super find.

 

[Iron Buzz]

Second only to the 1909s, in mintage for the IHP.
Congratulations on a key date.

I was reading all these congratulatory replies, wondering "You people sure are nice, but an Indian Head penny from New Jersey shouldn't be all that big a deal!". Until I looked up that year:

Circulation strikes: 852,500

Wow!! I get it, now.

 

[Loco-Digger]

I was reading all these congratulatory replies, wondering "You people sure are nice, but an Indian Head penny from New Jersey shouldn't be all that big a deal!". Until I looked up that year:

Circulation strikes: 852,500

Wow!! I get it, now.

I think a 1916 D Merc would also be a great find no matter how long an area has been settled. Gotta love them key date low mintage coins.

 

[Possum]

Congrat's!!! I love finding IHP's

 

[Arachnofreak]

Very nice!

Charlie

 

[coinman123]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1877-1C-BN...376011&hash=item5904da19a5:g:wL8AAOSwYxBaOYD9

 

[hbru123]

Amazing find! Congrats!