New Jersey Copper Shield

[cabinfever]

The ground is finally thawing and it was nice to see the green patina in the dirt again even if this coin is a little on the toasted side!

 

[vpnavy]

Nice find cabinfever!

 

[Evolution]

I don't care how toasted that copper is..... still a great find... !! Congrats.... unfortunately probably not enough detail to attribute a variety to it.

 

[cntrydncr1]

nice find! not one you see everyday!

 

[wvwildman]

nice find congrats HH

 

[smokedaddy]

I have not pulled one of those for a while. Nice to see them in any condition. Old stuff there.. Thanks for sharing.

 

[ChrisNJ]

Would love to find one of them, toasty or not :-P

 

[flyadive]

Don of sj was able to positively ID my jersey coppers, don't know if he's still active on TNET. Perhaps you can look him up. He's very knowledgeable of njcoppers. He also belongs to SJMD club

 

[cabinfever]

Thanks, flyadive! I'll look for him - I would love to accurately identify this coin before adding it to my collection.

 

[flyadive]

If you can't find him let me know in a few days.
Naa I'll email him and give him a heads up

I have his email address somewhere?

 

[Evolution]

If you can't find him let me know in a few days.
Naa I'll email him and give him a heads up

I have his email address somewhere?

He will respond to this post soon. He has a study where he tracks where NJ coppers are found as well.

 

[Don in SJ]

Well, it is a tough one, I thought it was a 1787 Maris 30-L, but now having my doubts, so I will await confirmation or denial from my expert friends, no response so far, I know I usually do better than they do, I am used to looking at corroded ground founds, where they are used to ones with nice smooth surfaces. Hopefully tomorrow I will have a yay or nay on this attribution, but I will also look at some other possibilties.
I see a possible conflict with how the plow appears, that is where I am not sure about it being a M.30 Obverse (plow/horsehead side). The U reverse is also tough call, with what details are showing, the T, U and L reverses are all very similar.....

Don

 

[Backbacon]

I'd take a slice of that toast any day of the decade. My hands start to shake when I see that color of patina here up North. J'espère que vous trouverez plus nombreux cette année. I hope you find many more this year.

 

[Don in SJ]

I got confirmation from my fellow NJ collectors that it is a 1787 Maris 30-L variety. This is the first 30-L variety in the survey I have been doing, so I was glad to see a new variety in the survey. Out of over 500 ground founds in the survey and about 60% of them being ID'd by variety that is nice to see this one being found and posted. Congratulations and hope more to come in the future.
Attaching the link to coinfacts which shows a Maris 30-L for comparing.

1787 New Jersey Copper - Maris 30-L

Don