Engraved 1799 Draped Bust Dollar
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I like to collect some exonumia and figured I'd share this interesting engraved 1799 draped bust dollar. I'm not sure if it is a love token for a birthday, or possibly civil war related, but it probably isn't referencing The Emancipation Proclamation issued on this date.
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Searching for bust quarters.....counterstamps, errors, and AU-MS varieties, please let me know if you can help.
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Wouldn't you like to know the story behind the engraving? Too bad the reason has probably been long forgotten by the family involved.
Very cool! Already an old coin when it was engraved.
Perhaps somebody born in 1799 and died on that date?
That's what I was thinking also. Too bad we will never know.
Now that is a neat coin... even with the engraving, that would be a keeper for me....Cheers, RickO
Jan. 1st 1863. Civil war era. Initials S.K.B?
cool find!
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I still regret NOT buying a cool and ELABORATELY engraved Seated Dollar off eBay about 15 years ago.
It was even researched.
Good thing they wren't born in 1804. Cool coin!
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Could be a birth coin as dollars were sometimes used as teething rings.
A: The year they spend more on their library than their coin collection.
A numismatist is judged more on the content of their library than the content of their cabinet.
Can't recall. It was Civil War related and a known officer.
LOTS of words.
Jan 1 1863 was the date the Emancipation Proclamation took effect.
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