OLD TOKEN FOUND WHILE DIVING A SHIP WRECK - HELP....

[USTreasureClub]

Hi,

I found an old token of some sort while diving in Florida. It was buried near an old sunken ship. Any help would be very much appreciated.

Picture attached

 

[Silver Searcher]

Can you post a picture of the outher side.

SS

 

[jeff of pa]

MA and NH State Patterns 1776









originals were copper

 

[oldsalty19]

 

[Mackaydon]

MA and NH State Patterns 1776 Exactly, Jeff.
Don....

 

[USTreasureClub]

Hi,

Ok, well, I cannot be sure this is not real even though I did read what you posted following the link. I can tell you this, several of these were found buried near the ship wreck. Here is another one, this one looks copper. I am not sure what to do nor do I have any idea what they could be worth.

 

[coinshooter]

Ask these guys. Someone can direct you to an expert.

Richard's Token Database - TokenCatalog.com

 

[hamiddetecting]

Congratulation!

 

[CRUSADER]

Hi,

Ok, well, I cannot be sure this is not real even though I did read what you posted following the link. I can tell you this, several of these were found buried near the ship wreck. Here is another one, this one looks copper. I am not sure what to do nor do I have any idea what they could be worth.

Seriously? You dive shipwrecks & you think this might be genuine?

Just looking at them should be enough but if you use some commonsense, you found 'several' 'unique' Massachusetts 'copper' pattern penny's. The clues are all there.

They are worth melt value, maybe a tad more for collectors interest.

 

[gmanlight]

Great Find , surfing the web there was one found at a construction site in the 1840s and is said to be the only
authorized coin . How that determined that i have know idea.

 

[leprechaun]

very nice coin.

 

[CASPER-2]

have you looked in a RED BOOK coin guide?
what is the shipwreck dated - dont know of any from 1776 era in fla.

 

[Broken knee]

If they are real you hit the jackpot mister!! Banner!!!! HH
Broken Knee

 

[Iron Patch]

It doesn't match the redbook so it's not real. Larger clearer pictures of each would make it much more obvious.

 

[CrystalUnknown]

Great find!

 

[Lookn4Seated]

According to The Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins, p.236, it looks like your specimen is catalog nr. W-8375 with a rarity of URS-1 (meaning only one known) You may have something good there. Congrats on a fantastic find.

 

[gmanlight]

Thought this coin would get a little more pub

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Thought this coin would get a little more pub

if those were the real deal , interesting but not true examples

 

[Mackaydon]

As stated above, the original is UNIQUE and composed of copper.
If this 'coin' were the same, then maybe the finder found the second (previously unknown) example and we'd have another Banner coin.
Don.....

 

[Don in SJ]

Only one genuine piece of is currently known to exist. There are many copies or replicas in various metals. The discovery of another genuine piece would be considered a numismatic landmark. The discovery of "several" would be unheard of.