I got my first Fugio Cent

Omegaraptor · October 16, 2022 3:19PM

Was at a local show today (~20 dealers) and one dealer had a lot of really cool stuff. Very nice banknotes, coins, etc. He had an album full of 2x2s with a lot of interesting coins in it, 1600s/1700s, love tokens, contemporary counterfeits, odds and ends. Among the coins in the album was this piece of copper:

The variety, Newman 13-X, was listed on the back of the flip, and the price was $100. I told the dealer to save the Fugio for later in case I didn't find anything else at the show.

Checked back an hour later and he was packing up to leave, the Fugio still set aside. I walked up and offered him $75. He took the offer and I took the Fugio home with me.

Although it was likely dug up with a metal detector, the details actually aren't terrible, with quite a bit of the lettering on the obverse still visible. Very proud to add the first federally contracted US coin to my collection at a budget price.