1781 KGIII HIBERNIA.......CLEANED UP PICS!!

[civilman1]

1781 KGIII HIBERNIA.......CLEANED UP PIC'S!!

Made it out to the field's again yesterday at the house.With the find's of the usual button's and a 1917 wheaty I took a break for about an hour or so.Got back to my spot and got a solid 79 on the MXT,after the second shovel full I saw in the hole (on edge!!) a beautiful green disc staring back.Unfortunately my shovel slid down the side of the coin.This is my first Hibernia ever.Are these alway's stamped kind of offset?I'll get it cleaned up and let you see how it turned out.Thank's for looking

 

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[matt092079]

Re: 1781 KGIII HIBERNIA

Nice find. You're tearin' it up in that field.

 

[metaldetectingtaylor]

Re: 1781 KGIII HIBERNIA

Cant wait to see it cleaned way to go!

 

[Joe88]

Re: 1781 KGIII HIBERNIA

Really nice find!!

Joe

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Re: 1781 KGIII HIBERNIA

Nice finds bet you fliped when you saw the KGIII hibernia i would have !!!
Gary G.A.P.metal

 

[Sniffy]

Re: 1781 KGIII HIBERNIA

Nice copper...gotta love that disc in the hole!

 

[Iron Patch]

Re: 1781 KGIII HIBERNIA

Looks like a somewhat crude contemporary counterfeit. Curious to see it after cleaning.

 

[Don in SJ]

Re: 1781 KGIII HIBERNIA

Congrats on your first Hibernia and IP is so correct on it being a crude counterfeit, 1781 is a one of the most common dates used for the counterfeiting of the Hibernias.

One of my most beautiful old coppers I have found is a 1781 Hibernia, at least on the Obverse side. Besides being super thin, mine used the letter punch G (GEORGIUS) to make an O....
Evidently the counterfeiter either did not have the letter O punch or he misstruck the G and than "filled" the G in to make an O.

One of the reasons why the counterfeit colonials are collected, for the differences which collectors look for.

Don

 

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

Re: 1781 KGIII HIBERNIA

nice! the field of dreams all around you! looks like a oval cufflink in there too.

 

[Getty]

Re: 1781 KGIII HIBERNIA

AWESOME Joe!!! CONGRATS!!!

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Re: 1781 KGIII HIBERNIA

I love digging those old coppers! Nice Joe

 

[MiniMe]

Re: 1781 KGIII HIBERNIA

Yeah...I'm swinging and all the sudden i hear "Mama" - I look up and see that Grin I knew it was something good and walked over to see that disc sitting on the side of the hole.....I won't post what I said... Awesome coin....now it's my turn today....watch out!

 

[Steve in PA]

Re: 1781 KGIII HIBERNIA

Nice finds Joe!

You better watch out or you will have your yard hunted out and will have to go knockin on doors again

 

[Kiros32]

Re: 1781 KGIII HIBERNIA

Nice dig Joe. Thanks again for having me out.

 

[johnnyblaze]

Re: 1781 KGIII HIBERNIA

Killer find

That green disc look in the hole is my favorite feeling


Blaze

 

[civilman1]

Re: 1781 KGIII HIBERNIA

Congrats on your first Hibernia and IP is so correct on it being a crude counterfeit, 1781 is a one of the most common dates used for the counterfeiting of the Hibernias.

One of my most beautiful old coppers I have found is a 1781 Hibernia, at least on the Obverse side. Besides being super thin, mine used the letter punch G (GEORGIUS) to make an O....
Evidently the counterfeiter either did not have the letter O punch or he misstruck the G and than "filled" the G in to make an O.

One of the reasons why the counterfeit colonials are collected, for the differences which collectors look for.

Don

Thank's Don.Would you clean it up and if so would you use the peroxide method?

 

[civilman1]

Re: 1781 KGIII HIBERNIA

Nice finds Joe!

You better watch out or you will have your yard hunted out and will have to go knockin on doors again

I know Steve,but I've been hitting the field's for a while now.Saving the yard for when the corn kick's me out of the field's.Two privy's waiting for me there too.

 

[civilman1]

Re: 1781 KGIII HIBERNIA

Nice dig Joe. Thanks again for having me out.

No problem Jared,good seeing you again.

 

[Don in SJ]

Re: 1781 KGIII HIBERNIA

Congrats on your first Hibernia and IP is so correct on it being a crude counterfeit, 1781 is a one of the most common dates used for the counterfeiting of the Hibernias.

One of my most beautiful old coppers I have found is a 1781 Hibernia, at least on the Obverse side. Besides being super thin, mine used the letter punch G (GEORGIUS) to make an O....
Evidently the counterfeiter either did not have the letter O punch or he misstruck the G and than "filled" the G in to make an O.

One of the reasons why the counterfeit colonials are collected, for the differences which collectors look for.

Don

Thank's Don.Would you clean it up and if so would you use the peroxide method?

If it was mine of course I would use peroxide, however, not sure how the soil is at your place, but the coin does not look too bad under the crud. I have done so many I do not get upset if the coins ends up worst looking, figureing it was the coin's condition in the first place that allowed that to happen, if they are solid, then peroxide will remove most of the crud with some nice wet qtip work. For those afraid to try it, I would not leave it as is, but would then see either if gentle toothpicking removes crud once it is thoroughly dry or a wet qtip with either water or peroxide and try small areas at first to get an idea on what is under the crud.
Don

 

[civilman1]

Re: 1781 KGIII HIBERNIA

Thank You Sir