1806 Heraldic Eagle Draped Bust 25 C

[PowerDubs]

Went in the woods with a friend hunting yesterday. He went one way.. but I had to pee so I went the other way.

I found an 1918 wheat, then another 1918 wheat.. and then a large flat button so I stayed in that area.

I saw a rock- and thought to myself- "I can imagine someone sitting on that"...so I walked over to it scanning.

Right next to the rock is where I found this.

It is my oldest silver, my oldest U.S. coin, my oldest quarter, and probably my rarest coin if I had to guess (no idea on old British coppers, but they are always rotted anyway)

Made my day!!

 

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[mikefromIllinois]

Very nice find and worth several hundred dollars according to my red book Congrats.

 

[CreakyDigger]

That would make anyone's day! Congratulations on a sweet find!

 

[bologna321]

Beautiful old american silver, congrats!

 

[pepperj]

Congrats on the great old silver, hardly see any 25 C posted up!

 

[villagenut]

I will give a banner nod for this early American silver....well done!

 

[oldmxrat]

Fantastic find there, congrats!

 

[Bob207]

Sweet!!!

 

[Dirty Digger Doug]

That is awesome

 

[JeffInMass]

I've seen dimes and half-dimes of this period, but I'm truly having a difficult time remembering ever seeing a Draped quarter ever being posted, anywhere. Just an incredible coin- Congrats on a stellar find!!

 

[The Rebel]

That's an amazing find!

 

[lenmac65]

Awesome find. That coin is high up on my bucket list. I always do that with rocks too, but it has not paid off for me yet. Congrats!

 

[iAmMike]

Congratz, what a beauty.

 

[toasted]

Awesome find. Congrats

 

[Fredy Williams]

Banner nod

 

[Fredy Williams]

value from a 2010 red book shows150.00 to 400.00

 

[Colonial Digger]

Very nice and rare find in that type of condition!! WELL DONE!

 

[PowerDubs]

Thanks guys!!

I didn't realize how unusual this was until my friend told me that the U.S didn't start making coins until 1793- and a website talking about this coin says they only made a little over 206k and estimates there are less than 5k 'survivors'.

Definitely going in my display.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

WOW ... an ultra rare and fantastic find - congrats !
And yes ... a Banner find for sure !

 

[Silver Tree Chaser]

Very hard to to find US silver that early, and it's all the more difficult to find such age in a quarter denomination. Simple a fantastic find. Congrats. Banner!