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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;National dealer, post: 4500, member: 487&quot;]Oh yes sir.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not that it was a secret, I was just trying to avoid the nasty emails about self promotion again.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a Massachusetts copper. Now comes the fun part. There isn&#039;t a way to confirm authenticity without personally handling the coin, but it has all the charactaristics of the One penny lawful money. It would have had a value of 1/12 shilling, or 1/72 of a Spanish Dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since the coin was found buried, it has possibilities.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not many examples have ever come to market, although a few in the early copper field believe they exist. I have put the current owner in contact with some very trusted names in numismatics for authentication. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you have a copy of the Red Book, a coin with the same obverse and reverse appears on page 38. While the coin represented in the Red Book is unique, it is of the same die design used for the coin in question. </p><p><br /></p><p>Officially it would be classified as a copper pattern. </p><p><br /></p><p>Since the official copper coins struck in Mass weren&#039;t authorized until Oct of 1786. They changed the design to an Indian design. </p><p><br /></p><p>I for one, hope the coin to be authentic. It would give credence to those of us that believe these coppers exist.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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