Rare US coin found in UK

mrcolin2u · Sep 10, 2014

This wasn't me , but I think it's an interesting find. It was found close to my old home town in UK.
Minted! Dug up in a Midlands field, a £1m 'perfect' US threepenny bit from the time of Pilgrim Fathers | Mail Online
Cheers
Colin

madforclad · Sep 11, 2014

Yeah I had read that a few days ago. Imagine the story that coin could tell.

Deleted member 54237 · Sep 11, 2014

Awesome!!!!!!

Iron Patch · Sep 11, 2014

MichiganMan · Sep 11, 2014

Spectacular find... in an unusual place.

eyemustdigtreasure · Jan 4, 2015

yeah, a rare US coin that we normally go google-eyed over :tongue3:

, but found in the UK...!
What stories that coin could tell!!!

Ahab8 · Jan 5, 2015

It cracks me up that he misplaced it then tossed it in a jar and tipped the jar core and it rolled away lol. I would have built a secret safe room for it on day one and hired a security detail to stand outside

BVI Hunter · Jan 5, 2015

Great find, but can find no more news if it even went to auction, was sold, or kept?

Ahab8 · Jan 5, 2015

Well this guys bubble apparently was burst. Still an amazing find but an "actual" colonial coin expert valued it at $10,000-$15,000 and said the newspaper value was way out of line. I'll post the link

Ahab8 · Jan 5, 2015

And this expert just happens to be John Krajlevich who looked at Bill D's coin in person. And he knows his stuff

BVI Hunter · Jan 5, 2015

Ahab8 said:
And this expert just happens to be John Krajlevich who looked at Bill D's coin in person. And he knows his stuff
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Thanks, but could not open that link, who is Bill D?

John Winter · Jan 5, 2015

The coin sold for 5200 GBP at auction.
Don't believe all that you read in the newspapers, especially the Daly Mail.
That works out at about 7920 USD ... way, way below their estimate.

Ahab8 · Jan 5, 2015

Bill D(VA) is a colonial coin finding machine from Virginia. He's on Tnet and found an extremely rare Lord Baltimore six pence. John Krajlivech went to Bills house and looked at the coin in person. Then he took it and professionally cleaned it for him and had it slabbed. I suck at trying to post links lol

BVI Hunter · Jan 5, 2015

John Winter said:
Don't believe all that you read in the newspapers, especially the Daly Mail.

Better than the Sunday Sport...(just!) :laughing7:

Ahab8 · Jan 5, 2015

From over a million to less than 10k. Great find but talk about being built up and then slammed back to earth. Ouch!!!!

Mackaydon · Jan 5, 2015

Thankfully, it didn't turn out to be a repo.
Don......

ARC · Jan 5, 2015

mrcolin2u said:
This wasn't me , but I think it's an interesting find. It was found close to my old home town in UK.
Minted! Dug up in a Midlands field, a £1m 'perfect' US threepenny bit from the time of Pilgrim Fathers | Mail Online
Cheers
Colin

BOUT DAMN TIME !
About time you guys find some of our stuff over there !
Were tired of finding your stuff over here !
Ehhhh........................................................................... welllllllll .................................................................................NOT !

We love finding your and everyone elses trash here

Especially the good stuff

Ahab8 · Jan 5, 2015

ARRC said:
BOUT DAMN TIME !
About time you guys find some of our stuff over there !
Were tired of finding your stuff over here !
Ehhhh........................................................................... welllllllll .................................................................................NOT !

We love finding your and everyone elses trash here Especially the good stuff

Lol that's one I coulda handled staying over here. They can have the wheat pennies. I'll take the Mass silver :headbang:

ARC · Jan 5, 2015

Ahab8 said:
Lol that's one I coulda handled staying over here. They can have the wheat pennies. I'll take the Mass silver

Agreed.

Iron Patch · Jan 5, 2015

I bet they found an Oaktree and thought it was a Willow tree, or at least priced it that way! Well that's the only possible thing that could explain it.