Enough to make you cry

Blackhawk

Found this corroded Massachusetts colonial cent in a bulk lot. By the looks of the wing, the coin had nice detail before it started to go south.

ArizonaJack

OUCH
Looks like a digger and was once a very nice coin

notwilight

Yep. Was probably lost before the turn of the century--the 19th century. Must have been dug in one of the colonial states. --Jerry

PerryHall

It's still a neat metal detector find.

Steve27

I agree, there's a lot of nice detail where the coin hasn't corroded away.

ricko

After a century or two in the ground, copper can tend to get a bit crusty.... Nice coin anyway..... Cheers, RickO

lordmarcovan

Yep. There's a ground find, all right.

You found it in a bulk lot? Cool. Celebrate what it is (a very neat bulk lot find, for probably not much money), rather than what it once was.

Lamenting what used to be is sort of like holding a classic type coin in AG or Good condition and thinking, man, what a shame- this was once MS65!

(The analogy only goes so far, though- I realize wear is not as lamentable as corrosion or other problems.)