Stumped! Dug a CT. Copper tonight with double obverses?

[1KBlueTuber]

Posted this also on “what is it”. Out tonight looking for a cellar hole we eventually found but on the way we took a short cut through a wooded area that was a farm field way back and next to another cellar. I dug this coin and looked at it only long enough to identify it as a CT. Copper. Later on I was cleaning it up a little with a toothpick and was amazed to see it had no reverse. Hoping someone might know a little something about this variety etc. Glad to have it, a first for me with two heads and no tails?

 

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[Wildcat1750]

Wow! I've never heard of such a thing and I'll be checking back soon to see what the 'experts' here have to say. Awesome find - I'm still looking for my first CT Copper and here I am living here in CT!

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!!!! Congrats!!!!!

 

[ajaj]

I was about to post, “show a photograph of the reverse”. Duh. Really interesting find; going to follow this thread.

aj

 

[Brendan75]

Hi, wow nice find. Congrats

 

[l.cutler]

There is no normal variety with two obverses. Do you have some way to weigh the coin? Can you post a picture of the edge? No evidence of it having been made from two different coins? Magician coins, made from two different coins are not uncommon, but I never heard of one being made from Connecticut coppers! They are normally a 20th century thing.

 

[Joe-Dirt]

That’s awesome!! Very cool find, good luck with the “back” story

 

[Iron Patch]

Very cool find!

 

[Iron Patch]

It's a little out-of-round, which can be a sign of a cast coin.

 

[montcalm]

Very special hope some info will come.

 

[Johncoho]

Interesting find. I found a KG III a few weeks ago that is double stamped with 2 heads and 2 tails. The 2nd stamping was 90 degrees off from the first on both sides. I was told it is probably a counterfeit from back during that time.

 

[GopherDaGold]

Two coins pressure-welded together?

 

[xcopperstax]

That is the coolest find ever. I'm going to make a bet that it's a Machin's Mills coin. The CT coppers have a pretty extensive known history with some being made illegally from the actual dies. Super interesting find. Thanks for sharing. I'm interested to see what an expert says as I am not one of them.

 

[1KBlueTuber]

That is the coolest find ever. I'm going to make a bet that it's a Machin's Mills coin. The CT coppers have a pretty extensive known history with some being made illegally from the actual dies. Super interesting find. Thanks for sharing. I'm interested to see what an expert says as I am not one of them.

In my 30 years detecting in New England I’ve never found anything like it. I’ve dug some double stamped coppers but they’ve always had a reverse. Definitely not fused together and upon closer inspection it has 2 different heads/busts so it’s two different dies.

 

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https://coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/CT-Copper.intro.html

 

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https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/cate...oinage/connecticut-copper-coins-1785-1788/823

 

[Rubka888]

Its even more interesting that the 2 heads are different. Thinking Machin Mills

 

[Hawks88]

Congrats on a very interesting and unusual find.

 

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