1787 New York Copper

[Mike in Berks]

Hi everyone, i got permission to search a circa 1810 farmhouse this week I was searching it today
and after digging lots of clad coins i got a penny reading at 4 1/2 inches pulled out a copper coin
and i used some water on a rag to get some detail so i'd have an idea of what i had i searched a
while longer drove home and i was ready to post it in the Coin Forum but decided to get my
Redbook out and there it was in "Post Colonial Issues"
1787 NOVA EBORAC Reverse, Seated Figure Facing Right
my oldest and best find of the year............so far i'm not sure if their's a date under the crud
and i'm afraid to clean it anyone know if it's a common coin ? or is it a rare one ?
any T Net people ever dig one of these ?




Mike HH

 

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[Mike in Berks]

Congrats on a awesome find !

Thanks collector_1

See I told ya it would be on the Banner soon ! Thanks Mike,hitting a site tomorrow that just might give one up.I hope !

yes you did tell me and i'm still suprised i hope your site did give one up for you today
and if it did'nt i hope you made some great finds

It seems a roman coin...congrats!

M.

Thanks M. from what i read on the link above it's supposed to resemble a British coin

Mike,

Congratulations on a stunning find !!!!. Glad to see it found its way to the Banner. It certainly belongs there !!!

Quote from: Don in SJ on Oct 09, 2008, 08:19:46 PM

But our coins in OUR collections have the history of where they were lost, and sometimes a good idea on even who lost the coins and relics..................We have true pedigree coins!

Don, So true !!!!!

Congrats again Mike, great find !!!

Brian in MA

Thanks Brian in MA i'm really glad i could share it with everyone luck was really on my side
that day

 

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[COUNTRY GIRL]

I adjusted Your Pics a Little

This is what we need to see for the banner! Congratlations! Gotta love those Coppers!

Oh keep that siste to yourself as long as you can, good luck on Mon.!!!!

 

[whitesPA]

hey great find mike !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! way to go .

 

[Mike in Berks]

I adjusted Your Pics a Little

This is what we need to see for the banner! Congratlations! Gotta love those Coppers!

Oh keep that siste to yourself as long as you can, good luck on Mon.!!!!

Thanks Again Country Girl king lol i guess i did'nt say it right i recieved permission
on monday the 6th and i found the coin on the 8th and i definitly can't handle doing well, i
said 6 acres but it's more like 20 or more acres too much for 1 person right the reason is.....
the day i approached the owner and asked his reply was " I'm not allowing ANYONE on my
property right now " but after a little talking he said ok so i was hesitant to ask "can i bring
a few friends too" for proof of permission he gave me 2 phone numbers and i gave him my
name, address, ph number, and wrote i won't hold him liable for any injuries he said oh, that
helps and he said " i'd just like to >look< at what you find " well, other than the copper and after
8 more hrs. all i have been finding is clad coins and trash thats 2 1950's homes and a 1812
farmhouse clad coins and trash everywhere like i said "LUCK" was really on my side that day
who knows maybe the developer will say bring your friends OR no because of liability time will tell

 

[Mike in Berks]

hey great find mike !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! way to go .

Thanks Much whitesPa i hope you have the same i mean better

 

[Old River]

Congrats on your find. Proud to see you made the banner. Its a great find. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Mike in Berks]

Congrats on your find. Proud to see you made the banner. Its a great find. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Old River i really feel "honored" to have it up there !! now i hope someone else
has the pleasure of digging one of these up there has to be more of them out there...........
waiting to be found

 

[muttandjeeps]

Great find,Great banner and you did a fine job cleaning it up. Thanks for sharing the coin and the story!

 

[Mike in Berks]

Great find,Great banner and you did a fine job cleaning it up. Thanks for sharing the coin and the story!

Thank You muttandjeeps

 

[dgaughan]

absolutely fantastic find mike you can definately see a 17 and a ghost of the 87 i think congrats on a hopefully not a once in the lifetime find

 

[Mike in Berks]

absolutely fantastic find mike you can definately see a 17 and a ghost of the 87 i think congrats on a hopefully not a once in the lifetime find

Thanks Much dgaughan i was at this spot about 2 hours today the way it's going the only thing
i'm gonna find now is clad and trash the whole property was re - landscaped except the fields and
i'm not sure when that was done i'll find out though and the ground is terribly dry here this probably
was a "Once in a Lifetime" find for me Now, i'm hoping someone else on T Net digs one of these up
in 13 yrs i have found 1. 1787 New Jersey copper and now 1. 1787 New York copper i consider
myself very lucky now a Connecticut,Vermont (any >other< colonial ) copper is on my wish list

i hope everyones next find is a Banner find......HH

 

[whispers]

Unbelievable ,the woman on back looks just like the picture of woman ,,in reverse w/shield as the 1778 my son just found last weekend.

 

[Mike in Berks]

Unbelievable ,the woman on back looks just like the picture of woman ,,in reverse w/shield as the 1778 my son just found last weekend.

Hi whispers congrats to your son you might want to post a photo of it
in Coins Forum or What is It ? Forum i'm sure someone will help you out identifying it.......HH

 

[dfx willy]

nice dig man nice dig! congrats willy.

 

[Mike in Berks]

nice dig man nice dig! congrats willy.

thanks willy and welcome to T Net
now it's your turn to find something even better it's out there good luck to you and ..... HH

 

[phantomfinder]

You got to love the old copper, WTG....

 

[ashdigger]

Rare or common still a great find!!!

 

[MT]

Unbelievable Find. That's the worst part of being in California...Nothing that old here.
Congrats.
MT
Tom

 

[Mike in Berks]

You got to love the old copper, WTG....

thank you phantomfinder i'd rather find some old silver or gold
but, i'll take what i can get lol good luck to you and HH

 

[allen]

one word...AWESOME !!!