Silver What?

[McKinney_5900]

Ok, this is a tester to worn coin gurus. I have a personal idea but will let y'all make guesses. It is ultra thin, details near invisable. Same exact size as a clad dime, even the reed is worn off. I lied...I think it might be a bust. The backside is even less in detail.

I didn't find it myself. I was there to see in in the dirt.

Kinda see a possible Merc now in the pic.

Guesses?

 

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[coinman123]

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I can see the ghostly bust too...even when inverting the colors and adjusting the shadows, It pops out. Sorta looks like Washington when I messed with it lol.

I would proablly shoot for a Bust if it were silver.....the "bust" to me looks close to a 3 cent half nickel.

any pics of the other side?

Wow, it looks exactly like a George II sixpence to me, I never saw this post, of the enhanced image, until just now.

 

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[Beshires1]

Wow, it looks exactly like a George II sixpence to me, I never saw this post, of the enhanced image, until just now.

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I agree the George II looks like a Capped bust but here is the difference.
the George II doesn't fit the features of the slick coin as you can see in this comparison overlay of the slick coin. Adding features of the George II doesn't enhance the visible features of the slick coin. It gives It a blurry ghostly look, as compared to the faint overlay of the capped bust that blends with the details of the slick coin perfectly.

 

[Beshires1]

Isn't it cool what you can do with Google Earth!

 

[ARC]

Whatever it is...

That is one worn puppy. heh

 

[coinman123]

https://www.pcgs.com/SetRegistry/ty...oin-design-set-1792-present/imagegallery/9529

 

[oknorom]

UPDATE: Mystery solved!

Hello everyone,
Martin and I put some silver acid testing solution on the coin tonight and revealed that it was not a capped bust, but I'm still happy with the outcome! 1842 SEATED!! My oldest seated so far and my second oldest coin ever! Good luck out there!
Mike

 

[coinman123]

Hello everyone,
Martin and I put some silver acid testing solution on the coin tonight and revealed that it was not a capped bust, but I'm still happy with the outcome! 1842 SEATED!! My oldest seated so far and my second oldest coin ever! Good luck out there!
Mike

Wow! That came out good. Perhaps there was another coin in the hole causing that imprint of a bust, did you check your hole again after? Nice find, looks better now and has date. I am guessing if a capped bust was in the hole with it though, then the imprint of the bust would be facing the other way, like a mirror image.

You coin was probably dropped in 1942 based on all that wear .

 

[McKinney_5900]

Wow! That came out good. Perhaps there was another coin in the hole causing that imprint of a bust, did you check your hole again after? Nice find, looks better now and has date. I am guessing if a capped bust was in the hole with it though, then the imprint of the bust would be facing the other way, like a mirror image.

You coin was probably dropped in 1942 based on all that wear .

It was an "abba kadabra" experience with the application of the fresh test acid! Quite a trip in finding it where we did, then the research and help from you guys, resulting in this first pass with good, fresh test acid. I expected new details but never this outstanding.

For anyone considering using the test acid, don't get greedy wanting more, precise details by repeated testing with the acid. Sneak up on it, and don't rub. Take lots of pics. There is a point of diminishing returns, and then the first details will fade. We did it right by taking pics at each stage.

Its a toss up for what was more exciting...finding it, or seeing these results.

Congrats Mike! You never cease to amaze me with how you work that SE. A shallow zinc signal ending up being a really thin Seated dime. I've heard about thin silvers reading zinc-like. This proves it.

I'm wondering too about that image possibly being another coin stacked with it. It looked so definitive that there was a head, now this.

 

[Beshires1]

Hocus Pocus!