Old Pitted Copper. Is this worth keeping?

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• TennesseeDave Posts: 4,809 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 28, 2012 8:36AM

  Looks like a Connecticut copper.Not sure if it's real or not,but I would say its worth keeping. Someone will be along that knows about these soon.

  Trade $'s

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• STONE Posts: 15,275 ✭

  January 28, 2012 8:37AM

  I'd be happy to take it off your hands
  
  Yes, definitely worth keeping, and a You Suck to you for picking that up for JUST $1!!!
  (Did they have any more )
  
  
  I will let some more experienced Colonial Copper specialists chime in to let you know
  more about this piece...BUT it's definitely worth keeping!

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• Pistareen Posts: 1,505 ✭✭✭

  January 28, 2012 11:18AM

  It's definitely real and definitely worth more than a dollar.
  
  It's a 1788 Connecticut copper, Miller 16.2-O, which is a fairly elusive (R-5) variety. R-5 CTs don't generally bring much of a premium unless the grade is superb, which this one isn't. A slightly nicer one sold for $126 at StacksBowers last week. This one is a slightly more advanced die state, which some may find more interesting, but with its surfaces it's probably a $50-75 coin to a specialist.
  
  Nice thing to find for $1, or in a closet!

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  Betts medals, colonial coins, US Mint medals, foreign coins found in early America, and other numismatic Americana

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• Raybo Posts: 5,340 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 28, 2012 12:26PM

  Wanna double your money?
  I'll give you $2 for that crappy coin.

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• tightbudget Posts: 7,299 ✭✭✭

  January 28, 2012 12:31PM

  It looks like a Connecticut copper to me and I think it's real but I'm far from an expert on colonials.
  
  Either way for a dollar, that's a great score. I'm sure it'd be worth more than a buck even if it were fake.

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