🥇 BANNER 1877 Indian Head Penny!!

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Awesome Find and in fantastic shape to boot! Congrats on a great find!
 

Simply incredible!! :notworthy: Your on fire!! You need to play the lottery!
 

A two-fur!!! Congratulations on finding TWO great coins and for making the banner! :) Breezie
 

GREAT 1877-----JUST LIKE FINDING A $600.00 BILL ----CONGRATS !!!!
 

That my friends.,. Is what dreams are made of!
 

Very nice find! I would sell as is! Never know what could happen if you go sending it off anywhere. Beautiful coin though.
 

Great finds.
eric is correct, dont do no more to it and send it to ngc for cleaning and grading
banner find:icon_thumright:
 

You certainly had an amazing day in the field back in November Bob! :occasion14:
I particularly like the 1876 & 1889 Seated Dimes, they both look to be in decent shape too!

Congrats again on all your finds!
Dave
 

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love those IHs....and it's in great shape
 

Here they are, I dug one yesterday and the second today about 300 ft apart! Both have full Libertys and look like they were new when they were lost. So far this field has given up 21 coins including 4 seated dimes, one mercury dime, an 1853 silver 3 cent, 1861 and 63 fatty indians, and a 1867 semi-key date indian. It is the field that keeps on giving!!
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Bob

UPDATE: I sent both 1877 pennies to NGC and they returned them ungraded and not slabbed and said they were "damaged". After over a hundred years in the ground I would think so.
I then sent them to ANACS who said they would grade them and I got them back yesterday. Both were graded as "corroded 40VF details" and were slabbed. I am very happy with their determination.
Thanks,
Bob
 

Happy to see you are happy

UPDATE: I sent both 1877 pennies to NGC and they returned them ungraded and not slabbed and said they were "damaged". After over a hundred years in the ground I would think so.
I then sent them to ANACS who said they would grade them and I got them back yesterday. Both were graded as "corroded 40VF details" and were slabbed. I am very happy with their determination.
Thanks,
Bob

I have heard the [Certification Services] will not aceppt [dug] coins now I know for sure: thank's for the info. I now know where to send my coinage for a grade/authticicy. 'Just in case I know there is the -CAC-"Collectors Acceptance Corporation" This Co. I believe [Grades the Graders] what this has to do with dug coins I do not know:icon_scratch: See the chapter on Certification Services; In the book Grading Coins By Photographs : By Q . David Bowres .retail price 19,95 U.S. .This book has helped me in estimating the grade of my coins [dug or not] Davers:icon_thumright:
 

I think the 3rd party graders should have a designation like"genuine" "excavated" with a "details" grade. I think a lot more detectorists would submit their copper coins if this were the case. I think a coin that is intact with a nice patina should rate higher than the negative adjectives used indicate, i.e "damaged" "corroded". I think a bent scraped or really obviously "damaged" coin is less attractive than a nice dug one. That said I think it's funny when some of us (not me :) ) clean a silver coin that is dug and then expect it to get a good grade. Saw that in the latest Best Finds or whatever it's called issue from Western and Eastern Treasures magazine. This key date Barber was returned "cleaned AU details" When it says "details" it means what it WOULD have graded but for the reason stated only has the details for it (like if damaged or cleaned) I think the 1877's deserve a better "details" grade though: look EF to me. RJ I hope I find a bean field like that I hope I am as lucky...I live in Bloomington IN if you ever want to come down for a hunt or vice versa!(contact me here or boredoomo@gmail.com Have a few good finds down this way...Loved the W&ET article too!
I have heard the [Certification Services] will not aceppt [dug] coins now I know for sure: thank's for the info. I now know where to send my coinage for a grade/authticicy. 'Just in case I know there is the -CAC-"Collectors Acceptance Corporation" This Co. I believe [Grades the Graders] what this has to do with dug coins I do not know:icon_scratch: See the chapter on Certification Services; In the book Grading Coins By Photographs : By Q . David Bowres .retail price 19,95 U.S. .This book has helped me in estimating the grade of my coins [dug or not] Davers:icon_thumright:
 

I'm a relic guy, not a coin guy. Obviously there's something very special about that date? Somebody please inform the ignorant . . .
 

WOW..1877 with full liberty...Outstanding...love them seated coins to...:occasion14:
 

I'm a relic guy, not a coin guy. Obviously there's something very special about that date? Somebody please inform the ignorant . . .

Very low mintage coin.

Mintage - Circulation strikes: 852,500
Proofs: est. 1,000
Designer: James B. Longacre
Diameter: 19 millimeters
Metal content:Copper - 95% - Tin and Zinc - 5%
Weight: 3.11 grams
Mintmark: None (for Philadelphia) below the bow of the wreath on the reverse

 

Thanks. I had some older ones and other coins I've found on the CW battlefield, but I realize now it has less to do with age, and more to do with numbers struck. Thanks you!
 

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