For you EAC'ers, Lady in Pennsylvania finds 1793 Chain Cent digging in garden.

[WoodenJefferson]

Well, I had a link but seen all the copy right stuff, so here's part of the story lifted from the news article...kind of scared me.

 

 

 

 

 

BURNHAM, Pa. - A penny saved is a penny earned, but a 1793 penny found in a Pennsylvania woman's garden is probably worth a lot more.

 

Name protected, first thought she had picked up a quarter while planting flowers in June. Then she saw the date and thought it was a bicentennial coin.

 

At work the next day, protected said she had the office in an uproar.

 

Co-workers searched the Internet and identified the coin as a 1793 copper "chain" cent. The front featured Lady Liberty and the back had a circle of 15 chain links representing the 15 states in the union at that time.

 

Though protected's coin was heavily corroded, she said a specialist told her it still could be worth 15 hundred to three thousand dollars.

 

 

[ibyandsellsmith]

That sucks! Why can't that happen to me?

[dooly]

Thss! whats a the fuss about on such a moden coin !!

 

lol

 

sorry could not help myself (you know how old the stuff is we find in the UK)

 

NO but thats a stunning find could you emagen what see could find if she had a detector !!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

A bit of age for you !!

 

 

 

wonder which one it was

 

1793 Chain

1793 Ameri in legend

1793 America with periods

1793 America without Periods

 

or are there some more i dont know about ?

[bsshog40]

I found a 1993 cent digging in my backyard once. What luck, not mine for sure!

[Lem]

I've done some metal detecting and haven't found anything, time to plant a garden!!