Ed-NH
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Hi all,
It's been a while since I posted anything. I finally got the camera working quiet well so I'm posting one that I found on Feb 15, 2009, my last outing. I hope you don't mind as this is not a 'today's find'.
It was a rather warm day 37 degrees. My hunting partner was going out to a south facing hillside that is just across the street from a large wealthy looking brick house built in the 1700's.
There was a few inches of snow in spots and clear in others. I chose the clear areas to hunt. The only find of the three hour hunt was this Vermont copper. I got the signal and dug it out of unfrozen dirt at 7" deep. I thought it was draped bust then realized that it resembled a King George l. After cleaning this up in some water I noticed that the lettering on the front did not align quite right for a KG.
I identified this as a Vermont copper 1785-88 and a Ryder type. I do not know which variety it is. They all look the same to me but I wish I could tell if it is one of the rare or scarce types.
The following two weekends we got a ton of snow. This was a great winter break and a most pleasing find. My first coin from the states and one not too far from home. I have a ton of pictures I anyone has a better eye than I do 8) Thanks for looking!
Ed-
It's been a while since I posted anything. I finally got the camera working quiet well so I'm posting one that I found on Feb 15, 2009, my last outing. I hope you don't mind as this is not a 'today's find'.
It was a rather warm day 37 degrees. My hunting partner was going out to a south facing hillside that is just across the street from a large wealthy looking brick house built in the 1700's.
There was a few inches of snow in spots and clear in others. I chose the clear areas to hunt. The only find of the three hour hunt was this Vermont copper. I got the signal and dug it out of unfrozen dirt at 7" deep. I thought it was draped bust then realized that it resembled a King George l. After cleaning this up in some water I noticed that the lettering on the front did not align quite right for a KG.
I identified this as a Vermont copper 1785-88 and a Ryder type. I do not know which variety it is. They all look the same to me but I wish I could tell if it is one of the rare or scarce types.
The following two weekends we got a ton of snow. This was a great winter break and a most pleasing find. My first coin from the states and one not too far from home. I have a ton of pictures I anyone has a better eye than I do 8) Thanks for looking!
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Tough one to say for sure, I have to agree with about 99% certainty that the Obverse is ID'd correctly, but that still leaves the hard part, the Reverse side, which first off, will tell us if it is a 1787 or a 1788 copper and second off, many of the varieties of the remaining possibilities are rare to extremely rare, other than the Ryder 20.
