🥇 BANNER LIGHTNING STRUCK TWICE!--ANOTHER FIND OF A LIFETIME!

BuckleBoy

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Hello All,

I am still in disbelief at this day. When I found a Planter's Bank Counterstamped Quarter-Cut 8 Reales back in 2013 with a five digit price tag, I thought I'd never, EVER again see something that rare or valuable under my coil again.

Well, today I found a SECOND one of these incredible coins! Only 75-100 examples known, and I now have TWO in my collection. Here is what Q. David Bowers says about these coins in the book "100 Greatest American Medals and Tokens." The history of these pieces is quite fascinating, and closely related to the historical reason that the US dollar denomination was divided into four quarters (to enlarge the photo, click, then click a second time):

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We were out for about 10 hours today in the mud and muck, and we dug a grand total of less than 10 keepers. This coin was found in an area we were scouting that had some sparse signs, but turned out to have no real concentration of finds. The coin must have been a random drop long, long ago.

It's official. I have now dug more of these coins than Barber Quarters. :laughing7:

This is Spanish/Real #58 since spring of 2012 for us digging in Louisiana. I know I said we'd have a party when we hit #60--but for me, the party is starting right now! :headbang:



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Unbelievable!!! Congratulations! You're right, a find of TWO lifetimes...so glad that you have two of them. You obviously have a deep respect and passion for what you find, and that makes it even more special. Again, congrats on banner!!!

Thank you so much for your reply on this "twice-in-a-lifetime"find. :)
 

Congrats on an incredible find X 2 and making banner! :notworthy: As long as you keep swinging your coil, anything is possible. All these great finds keep showing up on TNet. It seems like I can't stop long enough to let the dog out, and these killer finds get posted and make banner before I come back to the forum. Great Job!
 

Sorry for the late show Will :thumbsup: But nobody deserves another great find like this to happen again, more than you, for you sheer dedication to the hobby alone.:notworthy:

SS
 

Congrats on an incredible find X 2 and making banner! :notworthy: As long as you keep swinging your coil, anything is possible. All these great finds keep showing up on TNet. It seems like I can't stop long enough to let the dog out, and these killer finds get posted and make banner before I come back to the forum. Great Job!

Thanks so much for the congrats my friend. It has been busy up top lately!
 

Sorry for the late show Will :thumbsup: But nobody deserves another great find like this to happen again, more than you, for you sheer dedication to the hobby alone.:notworthy:

SS

Thank you so much, SS. Great to hear from you, and best wishes to you this year!
 

You (are) in a different league than us, that's for sure!
Banner Find!:icon_thumright:
 

Way to go Will ! Glad to see you are not resting on your laurels ! Time for a new truck maybe? haha Well deserved find. It is an inspiration for sure!
 

Way to go Will ! Glad to see you are not resting on your laurels ! Time for a new truck maybe? haha Well deserved find. It is an inspiration for sure!

It's getting close to time. My old one is now a "high mileage vehicle" a.k.a. "relic," a.k.a. "liability"! :D Great to hear from you, my friend. Hope all is going well for you.

Best Wishes,

Buck
 

Congrats!,you're da man hoss!
 

OUTSTANDING WILL!!!!! I just got on Tnet and you were already up on BANNER. :occasion14:
A big congrats to you buddy. You are my new idol. I'm kicking Quindy to the curb. :laughing7:
-DUG-
 

Wow a BIG CONGRATS on finding the second one BUCKLE. Also congrats on making the Banner too. You might as well dig a third one and make it a Trifecta :thumbsup:
 

OUTSTANDING WILL!!!!! I just got on Tnet and you were already up on BANNER. :occasion14:
A big congrats to you buddy. You are my new idol. I'm kicking Quindy to the curb. :laughing7:
-DUG-

Haha, thanks buddy! Don't let Quindy read that, or else he'll tie you to a chair in a room and make you listen to Dman tell that joke 50 times as punishment. :laughing7:
 

Congratulations Buckle Boy ! I didn't know anything about these rare pieces and was too late to vote it up there - Keep em coming !
 

Congratulations Buckle Boy ! I didn't know anything about these rare pieces and was too late to vote it up there - Keep em coming !

I didn't know anything about them either until I dug the first one. Great to hear from you, Argentium. Best Wishes and HH,

Buck
 

Congrats on an absolutely fantastic find TWICE!!! Congrats on making Banner!

A person can't even go away for a couple of days! Look at this! All these banner finds!
I feel like I'm the bad luck charm or something, I'm gone and LOTS OF GOOD THINGS HAPPEN! Lol!

WTG! BB. you only have two more to find and you'll have an entire set! If any one can do that you can! (Pssssst, I'd let DG dig up at lest one of them!)

Awesome finds you're making!
 

Congrats on your second PB! I would not bet against you finding another. Weird how you can dig two of those versus one Barber quarter. Well not that weird - I have dug two Draped Bust dimes and only one seated dime!
 

Congrats on an absolutely fantastic find TWICE!!! Congrats on making Banner!

A person can't even go away for a couple of days! Look at this! All these banner finds!
I feel like I'm the bad luck charm or something, I'm gone and LOTS OF GOOD THINGS HAPPEN! Lol!

WTG! BB. you only have two more to find and you'll have an entire set! If any one can do that you can! (Pssssst, I'd let DG dig up at lest one of them!)

Awesome finds you're making!

Haha, will do my best to get DG over one. Thanks for the reply!
 

Congrats on your second PB! I would not bet against you finding another. Weird how you can dig two of those versus one Barber quarter. Well not that weird - I have dug two Draped Bust dimes and only one seated dime!

My first Barber quarter was last month (23 years in the making lol). Strangely, I only have one Barber half too--but I have dug 3 Walkers, 4 Seated Halves, and a Franklin. Would love to dig another Barber half sometime too.
 

Amazing recovery! Very interesting history as well.
 

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