1773 Virginia Half Penny Found yes I found this one

As mentioned in my previous post i Metal Detect. I found this coin while detecting some time ago. It was blown in a glass bottle. I broke the bottle looking for the coin.

 

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nice, but how old was the bottle?

 

The bottle I'm sad to say exploded like a light bulb. It was Greenish Clear and just about as thin as a light bulb. You have to think i was looking for a coin not a bottle so I thought nothing about it when i hit it and it broke.

 

Wow - what a find! Congratulations......:thumb:

 

you FOUND that with a detector? Wow!

 

Yes I've been detecting for 21 years now started when I was 13. The things I have found are amazing. Its what got me started in collecting coins.

 

Wow, a 1773 Virginia Half Penny...that is one of dream coins. I can't tell if it's a period or a no period (it looks like a no period, but I'm not 100% sure), but it is an awesome find. What else have you found?

 

Sometime I think its a period and sometimes I think its a nick.

The list of coins I found would be shorter if I listed the coins I havent found. So here they are

Any Draped Bust large Cent or Half Penny.
2 Cent
Bust Dollar
Seated Dollar
Trade Dollar
Peace Dollar
pres Dollar.

Everything Else I found even a 1882 5 dollar gold

 

Wow. The bottle must have protected it all those years. The coin's in great condition! What a story!

 

Where did you find it? I remember when I was in the 7th grade I was fortunate enough to take a class trip to Washington DC and Virginia. While at the Jamestown, Virginia recreation...they demonstrated the blowing of glass for us. The glass was green in color and they explained that the green color was due to the contents in the local sand. I always thought that was interesting.

What I'm wondering is if that glass might come from that part of the country.

 

Great find , but I'd put it in a better holder like Intercept Shield , or Airtite .
rzage

 

Cast counterfeit.

 

Why do you say this?

 

Take note of the irregular surfaces, it is not a characteristic of a genuine piece. Also, how old is the bottle you found it in? Either way, I'll say counterfeit.

 

Because he says it about every raw coin.

 

That is not true. Most of my collection is raw. I have 100's of coins, only 8 of which are slabbed, 2 by NGC, 1 by PCGS, 2 by ICG, and 3 by SGS. The rest are raw, but unquestionably authentic.

 

What about your Chinese (or whatever) Trade Dollar? Is it unquestionably authentic. You once said this about a couple much more common coins that this one:

 

The word "all" is irrelevant in this case. In that thread, I felt the 3 coins pictured were counterfeit, and that I would maintain that if I did not have proof otherwise. In most cases, I would rather have raw coins, except where I see the coin as questionable.

 

Fair enough Isaiah...but you do call an awfully large number of clearly authentic coins counterfeit. I think you just like to "stir the pot" and I think this is one of those times. This coin is clearly not cast.