A beyond amazing find from Reddit: UPDATE back from PCGS (Note I am not the owner)
Mdcoincollector2003
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Thought you guys would be interested in this. The lucky individual found this in a foreign junk silver bin. https://www.reddit.com/r/coins/comments/kr72kk/i_think_may_have_found_a_1792_half_disme/
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The obverse looks to have "wh" on it, like if it was counter-stamped on the reverse. But on the reverse there's no sign of such a counter-stamp.
It doesn’t look like it pressed in the surface. Maybe it’s toning from being in a book or newspaper for a long time.
Nice lowball!
Seriously, cool 5K find.
peacockcoins
Way more than 5K.
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
That could be 10K even in that decrepit condition.
Over 20K
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
If it is real it is.
WOW what a find!
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Send it for authentication.....If real, then celebrate. Cheers, RickO
What an amazing find if it's real. I find it hard to believe but I guess it can happen. Looking forward to the update!
Love stories like this, but I hate seeing someone hold a rare coin flat on their fingertip
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It looks like that coin may have been held in a variety of ways before...
Well, Years ago I found an AU Bechtler Gold Dollar in foreign poundage! Wish I had it back as it's worth close to 10 times what I sold it for now.
Of course, but once its importance has been established, it should be handled with care, It should be given respect
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
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Looks like it’s legit.
https://www.reddit.com/r/coins/comments/l30fd5/heres_the_disme_i_found_slabbed_in_all_her_glory/
https://www.pcgs.com/cert/41012755
https://images.pcgs.com/TrueView/41012755_Medium.jpg
Nothing is as expensive as free money.
Straight graded and everything
Dead Cat Waltz Exonumia
"Coin collecting for outcasts..."
https://www.reddit.com/r/coins/comments/l30fd5/heres_the_disme_i_found_slabbed_in_all_her_glory/
Obverse has pretty good detail for a FR.
Unbelievable!!
I believe this story. Yes I do.
Wow, one day I hope it’ll be me who finds something that cool.
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Is the owner a member here?
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
Glad to see that it straight graded.
amazing
Very cool! Congrats to the owner!
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what a find!
i've found some decent stuff in foreign bulk. nothing like this.
us gold coins, small ones. us colonials. key date foreign not quite 5 figures.
can hardly imagine what the dealers that buy that stuff by the ton find!!
Fabulous! I cherried a 1799 large cent in fair 02 condition misattributed as a 1798 in an NGC slab a few years back. I was thrilled about that so I can imagine how finding the subject coin must have felt.
What's the story on the WH?
Maybe a Revolutionary era Rick Tomaska added it for their time's version of Coin Shopping Network (The Coin Shopping Pamphlet"), so he could proclaim: "Hear Ye all now. Each Jefferson minted half Disme is marked with a distinct reversed "wh" testifying to its unique provenance from the prestigious "Washington's Hoard."
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VERY cool
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