🥇 BANNER My oldest coin, Nova ?, 1783, just dug!

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Had 2 hours this morning, decided to hit the site where I have found LC's, 3 cent nickels and a slick copper. Faint wheat penny signal.
Thought, "cool a token", size of a LC but a little thinner, but could tell it has some design under the crud

Rubbed some dirt off on my glove and saw US, googled Old Large Cents, found no matches. Sent pic to Steve of PA, he said it looks like a Nova Constellatio, no way! A little more rubbing and 1783, ok stopped rubbing.



Can anyone confirm if this is a Nova and type? I think I need to tooth pick some more crud off, seems like it has a lot of detail under the dirt.

Dried, then flaked with wooden skewer pics:

(Thanks for looking!)

Good luck out there!

 

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[Carolina Tom]

It's a Nova Constellatio!

That's the real deal brother! There was one on the banner earlier this year!(Scrappy found it).

Do nothing else to the coin, it is worthy of a professional cleaning.

You hit the jackpot my man. That's your best find ever!

Big congrats sir.

 

[JackalopeZL1]

Holy chit, isn't that about the rarest coin ever? I hope it is real!! Great find

 

[Mr. Digger]

And the run on amazing coin finds on TNet continues! Major congrats on the awesome find.

 

[lairmo]

Unreal! Nice score!

 

[scruggs]

For the various Nova Constellatio copper types you can go to: NovaNumismatics.com. This might help you. Click on Essays which is found under the Numismatic sections. Your coin is the 4th on the right.

 

[Scrappy]

That’s a killer coin. I hope it cleans up well. It actually looks like the same Variety as the one I found a year ago. If it’s ok by you I can post a couple pics. In the meantime here’s an identification guide

The condition looks a-ok as well. Of the 15-20 posted on here over the years, many are toast. You’re holding quite a piece of history - look it up, it’s an amazing read. Congrats again

 

[digging440yrs]

Wow dude---Jackpot !

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the rare old copper, banner vote from me. I wouldn't do anything else to it,looks like a lot of the details are in the patina

 

[VTColonialDigger]

That is an outstanding coin find!!

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

It's a Nova Constellatio!

That's the real deal brother! There was one on the banner earlier this year!(Scrappy found it).

Do nothing else to the coin, it is worthy of a professional cleaning.

You hit the jackpot my man. That's your best find ever!

Big congrats sir.

Thanks Tom! Just coming back from from the Christmas Tree farm with the family, checking out the responses. Just starting to sink in. Thx!!

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Holy chit, isn't that about the rarest coin ever? I hope it is real!! Great find

Thanks! I hope it's real also.

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

For the various Nova Constellatio copper types you can go to: NovaNumismatics.com. This might help you. Click on Essays which is found under the Numismatic sections. Your coin is the 4th on the right.

I think you are correct, I'm looking forward to digging into the history of this coin, big part of the fun for me. Thx

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

That’s a killer coin. I hope it cleans up well. It actually looks like the same Variety as the one I found a year ago. If it’s ok by you I can post a couple pics. In the meantime here’s an identification guide View attachment 1519340

The condition looks a-ok as well. Of the 15-20 posted on here over the years, many are toast. You’re holding quite a piece of history - look it up, it’s an amazing read. Congrats again

Thanks Scrappy. Thanks for the chart, looks like I have the variety C. Pls post pics of yours and let me know your strategy on cleaning it up or service. Thx!

 

[Silvermonkey]

That's an absolutely mind-blowing find! Congratulations on a once in a lifetime kind of coin.

 

[Aureus]

Amazing coin ! Congratulations!

 

[RudyT]

Wow that’s amazing!! The stuff dreams are made of!!

Had 2 hours this morning, decided to hit the site where I have found LC's, 3 cent nickels and a slick copper. Faint wheat penny signal.View attachment 1519323View attachment 1519324
Thought, "cool a token", size of a LC but a little thinner, but could tell it has some design under the crud

Rubbed some dirt off on my glove and saw US, googled Old Large Cents, found no matches. Sent pic to Steve of PA, he said it looks like a Nova Constellatio, no way! A little more rubbing and 1783, ok stopped rubbing.
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Can anyone confirm if this is a Nova and type? I think I need to tooth pick some more crud off, seems like it has a lot of detail under the dirt.

Good luck out there!

 

[RudyT]

Wow that’s great!!! I went this morning and found 4 cans. Lol. I’m glad someone did better than me.

 

[creade]

Fantastic find,love it

 

[wagbert]

Congratulations Sir ! That is an amazing find to say the least. We can all dig it !