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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2907516, member: 10461&quot;]I&#039;ve got at least three for 1782.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first two I&#039;ll post may not look like much, but they make up for that in backstory.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, a <b>1782-A French Guiana (Colony of Cayenne) 2-sous piece</b>.&nbsp; I think these were referred to as &quot;black dogs&quot; in the colonial Caribbean.&nbsp; This one happens to be a contemporary counterfeit.&nbsp; With these, as with some kinds of British coppers, I believe the counterfeits outnumber the regal issues, but I don&#039;t think there&#039;s much difference in the numismatic value today.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Diggers%20Diary/DD-189-1782A-French-Guiana-Cayenne-.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The coin above is part of what I call my &quot;<b>Colonial Trio</b>&quot;.&nbsp; This trio of dug coins were all metal detecting finds at the site of the old <a href="http://www.glynngen.com/plantations/hampton.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.glynngen.com/plantations/hampton.htm" rel="nofollow">Hampton Plantation</a> on the northern tip of Saint Simons Island, Georgia.&nbsp; This very historic site was where a live oak tree was cut to make the sternpost for the <i>USS Constitution</i>.&nbsp; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Burr" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Burr" rel="nofollow">Aaron Burr</a> stayed there as a guest in 1804 while he was laying low after killing Alexander Hamilton in their infamous duel.&nbsp; A catastrophic hurricane struck the island while he was there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just a few feet away from the French Cayenne coin, I found another 1782, this one an <b>Irish &quot;Hibernia&quot; halfpenny</b>.&nbsp; It <i>also</i> happens to be a contemporary counterfeit, which is also common for this type.&nbsp; At the time, the supply of official, regal coinage for small change fell far short of the demands of commerce, so lots of privately-struck imitations like these circulated in the colonies.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Diggers%20Diary/DD-188-1782-Ireland-halfpenny-conte.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>These two 1782 coins were found so relatively close together that I have a hunch they were dropped at the same time, probably from the same pocket.&nbsp; And there&#039;s a chance that <i>could</i> have been Aaron Burr&#039;s pocket!&nbsp; This is the sort of stuff that was in circulation in 1804.</p><p><br /></p><p>The third coin in my &quot;Colonial Trio&quot; found at Hampton was a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/dd-187-1779-mexico-2-reales-jpg.701541/?temp_hash=166ebc102ce84d595bf8321cb1a753d9" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/dd-187-1779-mexico-2-reales-jpg.701541/?temp_hash=166ebc102ce84d595bf8321cb1a753d9">1779 Mexico City 2-reales</a> piece, but it&#039;s not relevant to this thread just yet.&nbsp; I&#039;ll try to remember to repost it when we get back to 1779 in the narrative here.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also dug a nice <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/dd-186-1929-25c-jpg.701540/?temp_hash=166ebc102ce84d595bf8321cb1a753d9" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/dd-186-1929-25c-jpg.701540/?temp_hash=166ebc102ce84d595bf8321cb1a753d9">1929 quarter</a> near the three colonial coins.&nbsp; It was no doubt lost by an earlier visitor who, like me, was exploring the old ruins at Hampton.</p><p><br /></p><p>The next 1782 coin I have to post here was not a detector find by me personally (I bought it), but it may have been dug by someone else.&nbsp; It&#039;s a bit porous.&nbsp; It is a <i>second</i> <b>1782 Irish Hibernia halfpenny</b>, <i>also </i>a contemporary counterfeit, and interestingly double-struck.&nbsp; This one was briefly in my &quot;Eclectic Box&quot; collection.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Ireland-halfpenny-error-1782-022965-coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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