6/4/18 Report - Coin Everyone Thought Fake Actually Worth Millions. Barber Quarter. Food Bottle.

Written by the TreasureGuide for the exclusive use of treasurebeahesreport.blogspot.com.

Everybody including the owner thought this coin from the California Gold Rush was a fake, but it turned out to be only the fourth known of its kind in existence and is worth millions.

A coin that a New England man originally thought was a counterfeit has been authenticated by Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (www.NGCcoin.com) as only the fourth known 1854-S Liberty Head Half Eagle...

The phrase, Discovery of a Lifetime, was noted on NGC’s certification label when it graded and encapsulated this previously unreported 1854-S $5 as NGC XF 45.

Here is that link.

https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/6557/discovery-of-a-lifetime-1854-s-five-dollar/

And a lenghtier article.

https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/everyone-thought-this-coin-from-the-california-gold-rus-1825498372

I originally saw the article on the paleofuture site but wasn't sure how trustworthy was so I found confirmation with the NGC article.

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Heavily Worn Barber Quarter of Unknown Date.

Other Side of Same Barber Quarter.

I found some very heavily worn silver coins that I've been showing lately.  This Barber Quarter has a melt value of about $3.

This one is about as worn as the Seated Liberty dime that I showed a couple days ago.

Barber quarters were made from 1892 to 1916.

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A "treasure trove" of Pictish artefacts has been discovered in the remains of an ancient fort on the Moray coast...

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-44303606

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Big Bottle Find.

This bottle is a full 14 inches tall and reads Capacity 64 ounces.

The bottom reads PATENTED FEB. 26, 1889.

Bottom of the Same Bottle.

I found this a few days ago.  It seems to be what they would call a food bottle.  I don't know what it held.

You can see a couple bubbles in the bottom.

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Its hot now.  I would guess that the salvage boats are getting out now.

More west wind and calm surf is expected on the Treasure Coast.

Happy huning,
TreasureGuide@comcast.net