Silver Coin Spill! Never Thought I'd See The Day

[ShintoSunrise]

On 3/23/2021 at 7:11 PM, F350Platinum said:

Hey Shinto,

I got 1811 looking at the photo. Try the Flashlight Trick, shine a low powered flashlight sideways at the coin face and rotate the coin until the date jumps out.

If it's an 1811 it is a rare one. Sometimes just taking a picture of it will make the date stand out!

I tried but still couldn't quite get a reading; surface is highly mottled with copper erosion and breaks up whatever numbers may have once been. If you say you see 1811 I believe you! Anyone smarter than me know how much this would have been to lose back then, taking inflation into account? 

[GB_Amateur]

1 hour ago, ShintoSunrise said:

how much this would have been to lose back then, taking inflation into account?

See this website:  https://www.officialdata.org/us/inflation/1810

The farther you go back in time the less meaning these comparisons have.  Although we share some things (clothing, food), they had horses and we have horsepower.  They bought hay and we buy gasoline.  Etc.

[rvpopeye]

I'd definitely mark my calendar for that find !!

You'll be telling this story for many years to come ...

Wondering the value at drop date is an interesting question.

Coins were much more than just pocket change back that far>>>>>>>>

 

 

 

[GA1dad]

Wow,,, what a memorable spill for sure!! Congrats!!