ColonialDude
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As promised...I am providing everyone who has been watching this thread with an update on my Fugio cent. The coin is on route back to me as I type this...
Here is some info from an e-mail from ANACS:
Date Denom Grade Variety Superlative
1787 1C VF FUGIO K-4E BR
The variety is also known as a Newman 4E...which I believe some posters suggested.
Redbook value is I believe around $2000.00 U.S...of course it would never fetch that at auction...but it beats a $50.00 coin!
Thanks everyone for your interest and comments on this coin. Certainly my best coin find to date! The second best being a very rare blacksmith token.
not on Canadian soil at least!
I escaped the house again today, but only for an hour...I was actually out trying to help out a guy that wanted some tips and tricks on collecting indian artifacts and arrowheads. He wanted pointers on what to look for and where to look.
I figured I would go along, help out where I can, and maybe find an arrowhead or two...
we hit a little plateau near the river. The field had JUST been plowed, and not rained on yet...so visibility sucked, and I wasn't expecting to find much.
As I walked up the crest of a little knoll, I noticed a piece of glass...then another....about 4 in total...then there it was, laying flat on the surface....and I knew from 10 feet away it was a coin. However, I didn't know what it was, as it was caked with dirt and crust. I put it in my pocket and decided to wait to clean it up and home and check it out.
Over the next little bit I found two nice old flat buttons, one pewter, crusty, but I can make out a design. The other silver plated.
Anyhow, I was shocked when I got it home and cleaned it up. I knew instantly what I had, as these coins are hard not to recognize. The first American penny ever made
I'm pumped! I am not sure if it is damaged, or if it was perhaps a die flaw
It doesn't really seem like later damage to me.
Again, these finds were eyeballed in a field where not much was showing as it hasn't been rained on yet. I can't wait to get back there with my detector and see what I can find!!
Here is some info from an e-mail from ANACS:
Date Denom Grade Variety Superlative
1787 1C VF FUGIO K-4E BR
The variety is also known as a Newman 4E...which I believe some posters suggested.
Redbook value is I believe around $2000.00 U.S...of course it would never fetch that at auction...but it beats a $50.00 coin!
Thanks everyone for your interest and comments on this coin. Certainly my best coin find to date! The second best being a very rare blacksmith token.
not on Canadian soil at least!
I escaped the house again today, but only for an hour...I was actually out trying to help out a guy that wanted some tips and tricks on collecting indian artifacts and arrowheads. He wanted pointers on what to look for and where to look.
I figured I would go along, help out where I can, and maybe find an arrowhead or two...
we hit a little plateau near the river. The field had JUST been plowed, and not rained on yet...so visibility sucked, and I wasn't expecting to find much.
As I walked up the crest of a little knoll, I noticed a piece of glass...then another....about 4 in total...then there it was, laying flat on the surface....and I knew from 10 feet away it was a coin. However, I didn't know what it was, as it was caked with dirt and crust. I put it in my pocket and decided to wait to clean it up and home and check it out.
Over the next little bit I found two nice old flat buttons, one pewter, crusty, but I can make out a design. The other silver plated.
Anyhow, I was shocked when I got it home and cleaned it up. I knew instantly what I had, as these coins are hard not to recognize. The first American penny ever made
I'm pumped! I am not sure if it is damaged, or if it was perhaps a die flaw It doesn't really seem like later damage to me.Again, these finds were eyeballed in a field where not much was showing as it hasn't been rained on yet. I can't wait to get back there with my detector and see what I can find!!
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:P 
and how the heck was it on the surface 
