First silver, first foreign, and oldest! all in one coin!

[joshuajbelanger]

Just mucking about around my apartments today, and found this New Foundland 1888 silver 20 cent piece! First silver, oldest and first foreign! Not much else but some older clad in this new spot of mine, but i'm sure there is more!

HH

JJB

 

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[Jerry1NJ]

Cool find!!

 

[Argentium]

Gotta love a silver Vickie !!! Argentium.

 

[Mackaydon]

Compared to US mintage figures, your Newfoundland 20 cent piece is 'rare'; only 75,000 minted.
Weight: 4.7g .925 fine silver (1.401 ASW)
Nice 'find'.
Don........

 

[lost hunter]

 

[sagittarius98]

Info about the coin:

Date Mintage VG-8 F-12 VF-20 XF-40 MS-60 MS-63 Proof
1888 75,000 12.00 25.00 70.00 225 1,400 4,200 10,000

 

[willie d]

Nice find, especially for down here in FL.

 

[cntrydncr1]

awesome find! I'd be digging more around home if I were you!

 

[kevkirki]

DUDE!!!!

 

[joshuajbelanger]

Thanks for all the info and replies! I should really give my Gf credit, she was swinging and I was digging. At first I thought it was a quarter, but then I realized it was way cooler. And was I read 1888! I'll be hitting that spot a little later today, after I check out another 1800s settlement spot I've been researching! There's lots a trash, so it's gonna take awhile to clear it out with the little coil.

 

[leprechaun]

sweet coin.

 

[gmanlight]

Ya never know were a goody will show up.

 

[jewelerguy]

cool find!

 

[Threshold]

Wow never know what ur gonna find

 

[oldsalty19]

 

[JerV3]

That is a nice find. Don't see those posted ever.

HH Jer

 

[sagittarius98]

That is a nice find. Don't see those posted ever.

HH Jer

There was at least one 20 center and maybe a few other denomimnations:

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php?topic=204090.0