Shes No Lady... But I will Take Her Any Day Of The Week!

turf_aholic · Oct 12, 2012

She's No Lady... But I will Take Her Any Day Of The Week!

This goes to show-Never trash any of your finds till you give them a super good once over.

Hitting some old ground with a few other mates and low n behold, a funky shaped piece of lead??
Well no idea at the time but into the finds pile it went. A few days later sorting out things on my workbench, did I realize just what I had...

My first Seated Q!!!! (and an 1854) Well to be specific-My first flattened Seated Q.
Man I have no idea how she got this way. Pretty amazing if you ask me!
Guess some rich kids in the 1800's decided to play with some quarters.
Thanks for looking!!

Erik in NJ · Oct 12, 2012

Should be on the Banner for the worst silver coin found :laughing7:

Great that you spotted it and it's a minor miracle that you can actually still see the date. This is a real conversation piece and better than most other seated quarters I've seen. My first and only has been a fairly slick 1876. Display this one proudly :occasion14:

texjim · Oct 12, 2012

wonder if they put it on a trolly car rail to flatten it. i found an Indian one time that was flatten like that. my buddy gave me that thought. nice job

hamiddetecting · Oct 12, 2012

Well done!

turf_aholic · Oct 12, 2012

Erik in NJ said:
Should be on the Banner for the worst silver coin found Great that you spotted it and it's a minor miracle that you can actually still see the date. This is a real conversation piece and better than most other seated quarters I've seen. My first and only has been a fairly slick 1876. Display this one proudly

Erik you said it!! I'm sure not complaining... Pretty happy this-And I can be sure there are no others like it. :rolleyes:

Congrats on yours too.

Hey thanks hamiddetecting and Texjim. Crazy lucky I found this.

Sooper Dave · Oct 12, 2012

That is wild! It's great there is just that little bit of detail left to tell what you have! Way To Go! :icon_thumright:

Michellets · Oct 12, 2012

This is the Best/Worst coin that I have ever seen.... nominate BANNER for sure! I'd give it a R-11 on the rarity scale which of course means that it's super scarce! :occasion14:

Metal Magnet · Oct 12, 2012

wth, that is the worst coin i have ever seen. and i still can't believe you were able to identify that. that's crazy!

coinhound · Oct 12, 2012

Wow, what a remarkable eye you have. I'm afraid I would have tossed it. Now if you can just remember where you found this?

Coinhound

turf_aholic · Oct 13, 2012

Hey thanks everybody.
Funny but it was one of my detecting buddies Staydetuned (with MUCH better eyes than me) that first saw the possibility of being something good when I finally showed it to him. But honestly I did not know how :dontknow:

good till I nervously and carefully did a light electro clean on it. (super weak voltage)

This piece was almost black when it came out of the ground (hint-a good old silver indicator) and after the cleaning, could not believe it. It was my buddy though that first saw the shield and identified it.

Gotta agree with Michellets and Metal Magnate and that this is my best/worst coin found to date. She may not be a looker-But I lover like :tongue3: