I know that I have have asked about this coin a lot but I have one more question. Is it worth sending to any TPGs? If so which one, and which submission plan? Any ways thanks. Would they even grade it or all or just send it back raw? Details grade, net grade, or just "Genuine"? I think it would grade AU Details Heavily Corroded, what do you think? Here is my coin compared to how a Draped Bust would look without wear to see how much detail is lost due to wear. Edit: The "Before" means like it was when I found it, 5 inches under ground, after is after gentle preservation in olive oil, wood toothpick, and Q-tip
I know nothing about TPG's but just wanted to chime in and say that I really like your coin regardless of the corrosion.
Thanks, I was very happy to see a Large Cent with a readable date (Some times they are so bad I do not know what type of coin they are!) in the dirt. They usually come out of the ground looking like corroded dirt cakes. I was aware I had something more than a "readable" date in after looking at it for a second. I was happy because I could never afford anything like this, G-4 is the highest grade I could afford for that date so I could never enjoy a coin with those details unless I found one metal detecting so I am very very happy with it.
Out of curiosity, where did you find it? There is a place near my house that I'd love to detect(if I had a metal detector). I bet there is all kinds of great stuff around there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_Mill
I found it in NH where there was a farm in back in the 1700's through 1800's. It is completely grown over now. It is in the woods next to a Park, the park bought the land and never used the woods so it is public property according to my research, though there a clear property markers on the edge of the woods but I never cross. I have not found much there other than that and two circa 1900 trash piles, lots of cool old bottles, I found the coin on a trip there that I did only for the trash pile, I found it on the way there while I was swinging my detector, a nice surprise.
Depends what you want to do with it. Since you say you just want to enjoy it for yourself, I'd say just put it in an appropriate holder for your collection and let it be. If you send it off to a TPG, it'll almost certainly come back "environmental damage." If you did want to send it in, I'd send it to ANACS, so you could at least get a numerical details grade. (Looks like a nice VF-ish detail grade to me!) Edit: Upon further review, I think I was being too hard on this coin. It might get XF details. I'd like to see an "after" shot of the reverse though.
As an EAC guy, I would recommend against getting that coin slabbed. You'll get a details grade, and I don't think it will add much (if any) value. I say enjoy the coin as it is. It has sharp details which a lot of people look for.
Worst case scenario, crack it out if you don't like the results. However, the odds of gaining any more knowledge, or value, out of the submission is very doubtful. Unless of course you have no idea on either of these issues.
I would not send it in as I see no upside to the investment of certification in this case. It is a cool find you would likely enjoy more as a raw coin.
Very nice. Congratulations on the find. I wonder how long the guy who lost it searched for it. I spent a week looking for a pocket knife that I lost and it wasn't all that nice, just mine.
I've done the same thing, and to get an idea of how long it can lay in the yard with out being hit by a mower, I found it 2 years later within 10 feet of the house. Had mowed that area for 2 years. I was doing some landscaping work and just happened to spot half buried in the ground. Thing is it was read and silver....how do you miss that in a sea of green...LOL...a copper coin would be hard to find for sure.
Same here, I was metal detecting and I use a pocket knife to cut root and dig through compact dirt. I lost it and went back when I found out I lost it. Almost two years later I hope to find it but I doubt it. Also, after reading what people say, I will not send it out. I think it is fine as is. Thanks for the help and kind words.
I lost hedge clippers in my yard in june, I found it in late November early December. If it was that hard to find a neon yellow huge pair of clippers it would be impossible to find a little copper coin.
Here is another photo, I took a photo of the coin and cropped it out by hand to show only the coin and no background. Sorry for strange artificial lighting, I took the photo with the coin 2 inches from a light bulb.
I know you went through a little work to do the last photograph, but I think your first ones were better. IMHO.
I'm coming up your way in August & again in Oct. If you have a need for cash and have some good bottles at a reasonable price I would love to see what you have. Got a nice lot from Doug at Newfound Coin in Bristol last year. Looking for embossed aqua's, ambers, blob tops, medicine's, poisen's. I'm not rich but I might be able to help out.
