MY FIRST 2 CENT PIECE/1865/WHAT A DANDY!

[Stu Pedasso]

Guys,

I got out for a short hunt this afternoon on a large, vacant city lot. There was a lot of 5" deep memorials in the meat of the yard. I moved over to one of the lot lines and started to parallel it toward the back, praying for silver. I was finding some 3" deep 1980s quarters. Next hit was at 3". At first I thought it was a Peso or game token, as the coin was so crisp. I instantly recognized the shield when I flipped it and knew it was a good one. I am stunned by the condition it is in. It could not have been in circulation long before it was lost.
Anyway, I am very happy, my first 2 cent piece

Stu

 

[halfdime]

That is a beauty!

 

[Diggincoinz]

Wow that's a beauty! Even better than the two I just got two weeks ago (haven't posted them yet).

Congrats on the nice dig!

 

[piggman1]

FANTASTIC FIND!!!

 

[Green1]

that is an absolute diamond there.......

 

[dieharddigger]

That's a beaut Stu,welcome to the 2 cent club! The Wisconsin soil is very good to coins.

 

[coinman66]

Now thats a dandy Stu! HH WTG

 

[j.d. in the usa]

sweet find bud!@!! shes a beauty

 

[Slabman]

Wow!! Nice 2 center! Your soil is remarkably forgiving on copper!!
My first 2 center came from underneath a pink flagstone sidewalk
stone, and was sitting in fine sand. Not quite as nice as yours tho.
HH Slabman

 

[titan]

very nice indeed!!

 

[Rob66]

NICE!!!!!!GOOD SHAPE TOO DON'T CLEAN IT. MINTAGE 13,640,000

 

[teverly]

sUPER FIND.......I have a couple that came out of the ground nice and i was really suprised!!!
HH

 

[weasel606]

now thats sharp ! great find congrats

 

[teverly]

bY PHOTOGRADE IT IS AT LEAST XF 40. May drop a little because of color and being dug....

 

[mtbiker]

Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

AMAZING!!!

I have never seen one in such great condition! Must have been soil with great drainage, maybe sandy soil

 

[James in Alabama]

WTG Stu on the 2 cent piece ....I have never found one, although I have a few detecting buddies that have but not nearly the condition that coin is in.

Awesome pic too..Yeah, I agree. That coin must of been lost the year it was minted or soon after.

Hope you go back to that area and find more goodies....HH

 

[CRUSADER]

Maybe it was kept in someones bottom drawer for 50 years or so & then lost in the early 1900s. Just a theory??

 

[randall61]

wow great shape,welcome to the 2 cent club.I found mine under a sidewalk in sand,but not as nice as yours.

 

[Jack(IN)]

Thats one nice two cent piece!! Congrats!