You just never know what you'll find when you're cherrypicking bulk Darkside lots!

lordmarcovan

Know what this is?

I did, right away!

It's worn nearly slick but still counts as a dang nice cherrypick, in my book.

(If you're stumped, here's a clue: this is the third time I have cherrypicked something from that interesting section towards the front of the Red Book that Litesiders use.)

Man

St. Patrick halfpenny or farthing. ca. 1681

I think it's a halfpenny.

lordmarcovan

It's a halfpenny. Note the brass "splasher" in the planchet, where the crown was.

lordmarcovan

http://coinfacts.com/colonial_coins/st_patrick_coins/st_patrick_halfpenny.htm

The one on the Coinfacts.com website doesn't have the brass splasher, and looks like a slightly different variety, but there it is.

coinpictures

Neat find! I've found 3-4 well worn colonials in junk boxes over the years. They're always a fun snag.

lordmarcovan

I've found three. First was a Connecticut copper. Second was a thick planchet London Elephant token. This is the third.

lordmarcovan

BTW, the Litesiders are stumped, so far.

I'm sure somebody will figure it out soon.

Obviously most of them don't spend a lot of time at the front of the Redbook.

Man

Wow that is a great find. Three classics.

lordmarcovan

Litesiders have the answer, now. I figured it would stump some folks momentarily, but not for long.

1jester

That's really

shirohniichan

That is really cool. It looks like it fulfilled its use as a medium of exhcnage instead of being locked up in a collector's cabinette.

JZrarities

Awesome Cherrypick.

lordmarcovan

Ending on eBay in barely two hours from this posting!

I post that link not so much for SSP purposes, but also because it is interesting to see what this will close for. At this typing, it is a little over $150, which was pretty much my upper expectation.

laurentyvan

Really, you are an extraordinary gentleman-I'm impressed. Was the story about the attic true?

lordmarcovan

The story about the attic is indeed true, if Granddad told me the truth.

Louis, you really should post the particulars of that story if you're reading this. He sold some of the BU US type coins after slabbing, to members here.

cladking

Isn't it remarkable how the longer you mess with coins the faster things like this jump out at you?

I used to know one dealer who claimed to never look up anything because the good coins would just sort of jump into his hands.

lordmarcovan

I'm almost to that point. Not quite. I still have to reach for Krause a lot.

lordmarcovan

$212.50!!!