UNBELIEVABLE personal best!! She is a true colonial beauty!

[Bigmike2334]

Hope this gives some people the same feeling I had when I pulled it out from 9inches down in the bottom of a small plug this morning by the old meeting house. Before this find I also found a 1903 IH and 3 wheats. Not sure about banner but I know my personal banner just got hung haha. Enjoy!

 

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[Jyverb64]

Great coin and great condition

 

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[park pirate]

Awesome find, lucky dog...

 

[Iron Patch]

Nice one for sure. Mine is nowhere near that sharp but am still very happy with it to this day and I dug it about 14 years ago.

 

[Patriot Relics]

Congrats on finding a complete one- 1722 is definitely an old coin. Here's some interesting history on your coin

Wood was authorized to make 120 halfpence to the pound (compared to forty-six halfpence to the pound at the Tower of London mint) which, according to Mossman, would yield a 140% profit after adjusting for production costs. Unfortunately, Wood had been required to pay the Duchess of Kendal £10,000 for his Irish indenture (apparently no additional charge was incurred for the American colonial indenture) so he was forced to mint his coins at an even lower weight in order to return a profit! These lightweight coins were not accepted by the colonists. Wood's penny was similar to a London halfpenny and his halfpenny was like the farthing, while his twopence did not correspond in weight to any currently circulating coin. In New York, merchants refused to accept the coins, while the General Assembly of Massachusetts in June of 1722 authorized the printing of £500 in one penny, two pence and three pence paper bills, rather than accept the Rosa Americana coins! Nevertheless, some colonies did accept them, although only reluctantly and only in limited quantities.

Great find

 

[Gridwalker306]

Love that coin! Definitely a collection centrepiece.

 

[JeffInMass]

That is one awesome copper, especially for a nearly 300 year old coin- Congrats!!!

-- Jeff --

 

[baspinall]

Very very nice. Love seeing the scarce ones pop up!

 

[terpfan]

You've found a coin that is rarely posted here, and its in exceptional condition. Way to go!

 

[Bigmike2334]

Thank you guys so much it truly makes me feel incredible to be only two years into this hobby and being able to recover such beautiful pieces of history and bring them to light for myself and all my fellow MD buffs out there. Still cannot believe I pulled her out. I just finished up my second morning there and will be posting pics in a thread very soon, one more day should be enough to complete this property completely. Then I will wait for some much needed rain and hopefully it will help pop out any last deep whispers. Thanks again friends have a great day and good luck out there!

 

[N.J.THer]

Nice copper...old for sure.

I'm now adding this coin to my wish list...

NJ

 

[oldsilver]

Sweet

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Beautiful condition! Congratualtions on the awesome old coin!


A few years back, I found this type (Rosa Americana - colonists did not except this coin), but it was total toast.

 

[Bass]

That's an awesome coin. Congratulations