Help with 1795 half dime

A fellow member on a detecting forum found this coin and was looking for a little help. So I decided to post it here to see what you guys have to say. Grade, Variety etc..

 

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Wowzer... I'd say that coin is in the XF range.

Hard to say if the surfaces are original or not. There looks to be something going on on the neck of the bust on the front... but it could have been made like that. That's a coin that definitely requires someone competent to look at it in hand.

 

Holy smokes, what a find.

 

Yeah, that's stunning.

 

Wow! That is quite a find. I know very little about these things. My recommendation would be to send it to PCGs. Oh, and DON'T CLEAN THE COIN.

 

Oh my. That doesn't even look like a dug coin. Amazing.

Can't say if it would grade cleanly but it deserves to be slabbed for authenticity. It has XF+ details. Could be worth $2-3,000 if it is genuine but with problems. Twice that if it grades cleanly.
Lance.

 

It doesn't look like it came out of the ground.

 

For reference, here's an MS64 1795 Flowing Hair half dime I shot last week. It's a $35,000 coin (and not mine!).
Lance.

 

An amazing find. Congratulations to your friend.

It seems to be a Valentine variety 4 (V-4 for short). It is rated as rarity 4, ie. scarce, more probably rare in that condition Grade wise I think this coin is at least AU.

A simply incredible metal detecting find.

 

BIG MONEY RIGHT THERE! I think it grade atleast AU!!!!

 

WOW! Settle down! I'm thinking XF+.

 

Thanks for sharing this one

Nice 1795 half dime:thumb: one for sure!
I like to have one or own, but $35K in not in my budget or zip code!!!

 

Un-freaking-believable.

My advice: Send to PCGS immediately.

Presuming it's real (and I have no reason to believe otherwise), someone hit the jackpot.

 

WOW!!! I would give half my collection for a coin like that!!! And that's saying alot for me.... Lucky man...

 

Call me a skeptic, but it looks too well struck and too good for the conditions described where it was found. I hope I'm wrong.

 

I don't disagree with the MS grading but with the weak areas on the obverse and that nasty scrape/scratch/rub and weak feathers on the reverse, MS64 seems a bit optimistic. I'd say it's closer to MS62. A modern coin would probably only make it to MS60 in that condition.

 

Great find for someone.

 

The "nasty scrape/scratch/rub" is not PMD. Those are adjustment marks.
Lance.

 

Beautiful coin! I don't have any half dime reference materials, but notice that many diagnostic differences between your coin and the OP's coin. Can you assign a die attribution to the OP's coin?

EDIT: Oops...I just saw Eduard's post (V4)...thanks!

 

Much like some soils quickly destroy human remains while other soils preserve them, so can different soils either degrade coins or protect them.

I don't know the circumstances or the posters. It could be that a skillful and cunning forger is trying to create a provenance, or it could be the coin spent decades lost yet nestled in a remarkably benign environment.

Where was it found? Will the finder submit it to a TPG?

If it's really a detector find, congrats to the hunter. You've become an icon of your hobby.