Coin-shooting in 1898

5 mile · Feb 8, 2017

Excerpt from an 1898 newspaper, interesting article when a coin was found.

quicksilver82 · Feb 8, 2017

Are you using a specific website to find these old papers? I'd love to find one of those fugios, but highly unlikely in Ohio.

5 mile · Feb 8, 2017

This is what it looks like. US Fugio cent or Franklin cent.

5 mile · Feb 8, 2017

quicksilver82 said:
Are you using a specific website to find these old papers? I'd love to find one of those fugios, but highly unlikely in Ohio.

I find them online through library websites, digital archives. Another way is google digital newspapers from your area.

Not all libraries, newspapers and/or areas do this.

markinswpa · Feb 8, 2017

Thanks for the info. Didn't know much about them, now I want to dig one. HH Mark

Tom_in_CA · Feb 8, 2017

thanx for the cool old-time newspaper clipping.

GKL · Feb 8, 2017

Neat !!!!

Since the article had it valued at between $25 and $100 way back in 1898 I wonder what the value would be now ! :shock:

UpStateMike · Feb 8, 2017

I went to school in Windsor, NY. South Windsor would be practically Pennsylvania.

DIGGER27 · Feb 8, 2017

GKL said:
Neat !!!!

Since the article had it valued at between $25 and $100 way back in 1898 I wonder what the value would be now !

Depending on the shape and variety, which there are many including restrikes and fakes, legitimate specimens anywhere from hundreds to thousands to hundreds of thousands.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_New_York_Hoard

Ricki7 · Feb 8, 2017

That's one cool coin , thanks for the post , HH

zeemang · Feb 8, 2017

Great news clip, just shows people have been fnding the goodies since goodies were invented!

5 mile · Feb 8, 2017

DIGGER27 said:
Depending on the shape and variety, which there are many including restrikes and fakes, legitimate specimens anywhere from hundreds to thousands to hundreds of thousands.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_New_York_Hoard

Thanks for the link, a quote from it reads:

Sometime in 1788, a keg of Fugio cents were acquired by the bank and

stored in the basement. The coins were forgotten about until they were

rediscovered in 1856, this time at the banks current location. At that time the

coins were placed in cotton bags and put away until a final rediscovery of

the coins was made in 1926.[1] The coins were then given out as souvenirs

and keepsakes to clients until 1948.

Kegs? Cotton bags? Souvenirs? Where's that time travel machine Mr Peabody?

musicnut1986 · Feb 8, 2017

That is a cool clipping and an interesting story. I learned about a coin I had never heard of before. Thanks for posting it 5 mile.

GKL · Feb 8, 2017

DIGGER27 said:
Depending on the shape and variety, which there are many including restrikes and fakes, legitimate specimens anywhere from hundreds to thousands to hundreds of thousands.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_New_York_Hoard

Thanks for that link, on that link it included -

"The bank kept 819 of the remaining coins which range in grade from mint state to corroded due to past water damage while in storage. Despite the merger which led to the banks closure in 2007, it was reported in 2013 that the coins still remain on the property. The owners have refused to distribute the remaining coins, and have kept them for historical value and appreciation."

.....could you imagine the value if even only 10% of those 819 are in mint condition ?

5 mile · Feb 8, 2017

GKL said:
Thanks for that link, on that link it included -

"The bank kept 819 of the remaining coins which range in grade from mint state to corroded due to past water damage while in storage. Despite the merger which led to the banks closure in 2007, it was reported in 2013 that the coins still remain on the property. The owners have refused to distribute the remaining coins, and have kept them for historical value and appreciation."

.....could you imagine the value if even only 10% of those 819 are in mint condition ?

I can imagine.............thats about all I can do..........I can also imagine the cotton bag they were stored in with a little bitty hole in it

GKL · Feb 8, 2017

5 mile said:
I can imagine.............thats about all I can do..........I can also imagine the cotton bag they were stored in with a little bitty hole in it

If there are any forum members in that area it might be a good place to hunt :laughing:

Ricki7 · Feb 8, 2017

Thanks for the update , good post , HH

N2990 · Feb 9, 2017

5 mile said:
Thanks for the link, a quote from it reads:

Sometime in 1788, a keg of Fugio cents were acquired by the bank and

stored in the basement. The coins were forgotten about until they were

rediscovered in 1856, this time at the banks current location. At that time the

coins were placed in cotton bags and put away until a final rediscovery of

the coins was made in 1926.[1] The coins were then given out as souvenirs

and keepsakes to clients until 1948.

Kegs? Cotton bags? Souvenirs? Where's that time travel machine Mr Peabody?

Read the same thing on Wikipedia...wonder how many of those things fit in a keg... :laughing:

Ricki7 · Feb 9, 2017

I bet a lot got thrown out thinking they were tokens from the bank .

HH

cellrdwellr · Feb 9, 2017

Those are too cool very high atop this bucket list! HH!

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