🥇 BANNER Still Shaking...1662 Massachusetts Oak Tree Twopence

[Silvermonkey]

Greetings!

I'll keep this short. I returned to a section of woods where I recently found a William iii halfpenny and a nicely gilded Navy button. I hunted for about three hours without much to show for my efforts. I hit a reasonable signal along side a stream...not a great signal, but I figured worth a look.

At the bottom of the hole was an incredibly small coin. Thought it might be a trime...but seemed too small.



It wasn't until I got it home that I realized what I had found...a 1662 Massachusetts Oak Tree Twopence coin. Honestly, I didn't even know that they minted a two pence coin. Not sure what variety it is, so will need to do some research. Can't begin to describe how excited I am. This is my oldest coin, and I doubt I will ever find one older.



This was literally the only coin I found after three hours of digging. You can see my other finds below. Thanks for taking a look. If anyone has any thoughts about the specific variety of the coin, please feel free to share. HH

 

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[SilverDreams]

Holy crap! Congrats on the amazing find!

 

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[Portagee Digga]

Greetings!

I'll keep this short. I returned to a section of woods where I recently found a William iii halfpenny and a nicely gilded Navy button. I hunted for about three hours without much to show for my efforts. I hit a reasonable signal along side a stream...not a great signal, but I figured worth a look.

At the bottom of the hole was an incredibly small coin. Thought it might be a trime...but seemed too small.

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It wasn't until I got it home that I realized what I had found...a 1662 Massachusetts Oak Tree Twopence coin. Honestly, I didn't even know that they minted a two pence coin. Not sure what variety it is, so will need to do some research. Can't begin to describe how excited I am. This is my oldest coin, and I doubt I will ever find one older.

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This was literally the only coin I found after three hours of digging. You can see my other finds below. Thanks for taking a look. If anyone has any thoughts about the specific variety of the coin, please feel free to share. HH

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Wow wow Bless you on the awesome incredible find. I'd be crying and shaking.

 

[steelheadwill]

As requested, here are a couple better pictures of the coin.

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Incredible that your coin still has the rocker press smearing of the legends so clearly visible, from the dies literally stretching the flan. I really like the diecutters crude handiwork that's apparent on ma silver, one example of the few varieties that display reversed/backwards letters is definitely on my wishlist.
Another big congrats 👏

 

[steelheadwill]

Incredible that your coin still has the rocker press smearing of the legends so clearly visible, from the dies literally stretching the flan. I really like the diecutters crude handiwork that's apparent on ma silver, one example of the few varieties that display reversed/backwards letters is definitely on my wishlist.
Another big congrats 👏

And it does look like a Noe-30

 

[cajundetector]

Greetings!

I'll keep this short. I returned to a section of woods where I recently found a William iii halfpenny and a nicely gilded Navy button. I hunted for about three hours without much to show for my efforts. I hit a reasonable signal along side a stream...not a great signal, but I figured worth a look.

At the bottom of the hole was an incredibly small coin. Thought it might be a trime...but seemed too small.

View attachment 2025794 View attachment 2025795

It wasn't until I got it home that I realized what I had found...a 1662 Massachusetts Oak Tree Twopence coin. Honestly, I didn't even know that they minted a two pence coin. Not sure what variety it is, so will need to do some research. Can't begin to describe how excited I am. This is my oldest coin, and I doubt I will ever find one older.

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This was literally the only coin I found after three hours of digging. You can see my other finds below. Thanks for taking a look. If anyone has any thoughts about the specific variety of the coin, please feel free to share. HH

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Congrats. I would have fainted if I found that lol.

 

[Peterw]

I've only ever heard of that coin once,in a thread somewhere. And I never saw one, you've found the holy grail I'm thinking. Kick back and savor that sucker, and possibly get a safe to put it in.. congrats,that's some big shoes to fill