Look at what fell out…….repairing an old chest of drawers
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Cool find and not too shabby looking.
I received a 1920 Lincoln cent in change about two weeks ago, probably a G4.
Sugar magnolia blossoms blooming, heads all empty and I don't care ...
Decent condition for a random find! It's always cool to find something that's been hiding in some nook for perceivably 50 years or more.
Cool!
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That is a sweet find!! An acetone bath and a couple of drops of VERDI-CARE should be in that coins future! 👍
Now get that beautiful old wooden chest of draws off those concrete bricks! 😉
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )
Probably been in there for a century
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Would you call that woodgrain toning?
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Wishing you a successful restoration job on the chest.
It has probably been in there since 1907/8. Where was it hiding?
Damn, now I'm going to have to tear all my old furniture apart.
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How old is the chest?
Yeah a nice find for Sure. The chest came from my wife’s grandfather’s house. We’ve had it for decades in a back room with “stuff” from my wife inside. Jostled around a lot I emptied it out and took it out back. After I flipped it over and swept it with a broom……the coin was laying there. Lots of loose wood, probably a MS coin when it got lodged in the woodwork joinery.
I was just wondering how old the chest to determine when that coin arrive in it. It looks to be from the 1930's. I think I see phillips head screws which were not around until the 1930's.. If the it is put together with screws... Do the joints have wooden doweling? That might make it older, Etc....
Nice!
The hinges are (cheap) replacements I put on decades ago
Where I come from we call those washstands. Usually they had a towel bar on the back where dressers would have a mirror.
Nice find though was hoping it would be another find like this one “Found in an old desk whilst being repaired..."
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"To Be Esteemed Be Useful" - 1792 Birch Cent --- "I personally think we developed language because of our deep need to complain." - Lily Tomlin
I lost a Columbian 1 escudo from the late 18th century that disappeared presumably into the sides of a drawer. I put it in a drawer, and it disappeared. I've kicked myself for 60 years for not taking care of that small, thin gold coin by putting into a 2x2.
I acquired an old chest of drawers exactly like that one from someone who was moving. Unfortunately it was stored in a location where the weather got to it and had to be trashed before I had time to restore it.
Now I have to ask, what secrets did it hold that I never had the opportunity to learn?
Don't forget to check under the couch/chair cushions in the creases.😀
I like the broken planchet look on the knot.
My dad had a lot of rental properties in a town called Bendersville, PA when he was still living. Most of the houses were very old. There was a fire in one once caused by the tenant putting a sofa on top of the floor furnace. Some of you here may know what those are. While remodeling and repairing all the fire damaged areas, he was taking apart a window frame and found an 1864 two cent piece and two 1864 Indian head pennies wedged between two of the boards in the frame.
The coolest thing he ever found though was a campaign medal from Theodore Roosevelt's election.
Looking for PCGS AU58 Washington's, 32-63.
And then there was this jewel….. https://stacksbowers.com/sbpressreleases/newly-discovered-massachusetts-silver-threepence-from-1652-brings-2-52-million/
safari_dude, thank you for the link. I love the rich history associated with colonial coins.
I see a dog house in the future if married 😥
Very cool find!
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They were of no particular value, but we had to tear into a wall between our kitchen and our dining room. The wall was stuffed with newspapers from the 1890's. I'm not sure if using newspapers as insulation was a common thing back then or if the previous owners were just incredibly cheap. I do have opinions though. James
Wow! I done the glueing and flipped over and seen This in a part of the woodwork. This is called a Gem and it’s pre 1880. I guess it’s one of my wife’s ancestors.
@ambro51 . Strange but true. That is the exact same look my wife gives me when i tell I just got a new coin. james
That desk keeps giving treasures! I have definitely enjoyed reading the thread! Do you have a metal detecting pinpointer? Who knows what else might be inside now!