1848 braided hair large cent found in Seattle

HistoryStudent · Feb 16, 2018

Thanks, everybody! I was also trying to imagine how it ended up in that spot. It doesn't seem to be very worn but I can't begin to guess at how long it was in circulation before it was dropped. Most of the ones I see in videos and pictures from back east are a lot smoother-as if they were worn down from use. Or maybe corrosion?

Someone suggested that it might have been dropped by a logger because they began logging the forests here almost immediately after settling in the 1850s.

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Jamflicker · Feb 16, 2018

Nice west coast large cent!

Wolf-Dog · Feb 16, 2018

Congrats on you first LC! :woot:

It is in absolutely wonderful condition. :clapping:

pescadore · Feb 16, 2018

What a rare beauty !!! Congratulations. I know a guy that actually found one in Texas ... also rare !!

fasteddy · Feb 17, 2018

Congrats on your large cent ,,,, It pay to go where no man has gone in hundred years ,,, Under the brush ,,,, :?:

REAL_RAT_FINK · Feb 17, 2018

Wow, fantastic find. Great job

DirtyNeckJesse · Feb 17, 2018

Big props on the copper drops! That's a beautiful coin!

Saoirse · Feb 18, 2018

Nice and in great shape!

Waveoff · Feb 18, 2018

Nice find and in great shape too! Congrats!

BlackBetty · Feb 18, 2018

Congrats

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Tom_in_CA · Feb 19, 2018

FFX2 said:
No it's obvious you don't find as many because you waste so much time in here debating land use accessibility rights!

Haha, well ......... someone's gotta do it :laughing:

Sage · Feb 19, 2018

YES!!! A large cent in the NW!! I didn't think they existed here..... :shock:

NMsilver · Feb 20, 2018

I'll go with the gold rush theory. When I lived in Snohomish, just 20 mile NE of Seattle, I found an 1849 LC under a back porch of an old (mid 1800s) house just off 1st Street.
It had obviously been used as a pendant, so I think it belonged to a 49er who moved to Washington after success (or lack thereof) in the goldfields.
A large cent would make a cheap, dated souvenir. This fits with Tom's idea of heavy pennies not being taken in large numbers.
Gold seekers may have taken just one as keepsake.

In the picture with it is a mini pocket watch I found nearby.

NMsilver · Feb 20, 2018

Tom_in_CA said:
Haha, well ......... someone's gotta do it

Tom's one of the most interesting detectorists on this site!

BlackRain · Feb 21, 2018

Awesome save! They are very very rare in the mid south as well, don't know anyone who has found one here.

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Boot Jack · Feb 21, 2018

Wow ! That's a very rare find for this part of the country.

Nuggetslayer · Feb 22, 2018

A lot of meat left on that coin, 49’r lost that one I bet

Goondock · Feb 28, 2018

Holy Schmoly! I would kill to find a large cent out here in the west. That's only the 3rd one I've heard of from people I have dug with. Congrats on find of the month and a great looking large cent!

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HistoryStudent · Mar 7, 2018

Hey, Goondock!

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1848 braided hair large cent found in Seattle

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