CTX3030 Finds Key Date

[richrider99]

Was out Fathers Day doing a little detecting in some vacent lots! Found a 1897 Barber Quarter & a 1906 Indian along with 8 wheatiesall great finds. What I did not know was one my finds was very rare & a key date! Found a 1942 Mexican 5 Centavos. When look it up to see what it was, I found out they minted only 900,000 of them Its a first year & Key date & worth $200-$300

 

[Larry (IL)]

Congratulations, it looks incredibly good condition too.

 

[firefighter254]

congrats on the great find HH

 

[pspr]

Wow! That's great. Looks like you were detecting inside a museum it is in such good shape.

 

[richrider99]

This is not a picture of the coin I found, I just barrowed a picture from google showing what the coin looks like. Mine is not this nice! I wll try to take a picture tonight.