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1799/8 Draped Bust Large Cent ?
Jalexfoster
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I picked this from a pile of cull large cents the other day, just cause I thought it was neat... Draped Bust, the year George Washington died, etc... Two other people look at it and thought it’s just “tooled” to look like a 99. Granted it has many scratches, but upon closer inspection I thought that it might be a 1799/8. Anybody care to weigh in ?
Is it worth sending in to authenticate? 
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Definitely tooled.
It’s not a 99 or a 9/8.
The second ‘9’ is totally wrong, not even closely matching the first 9.
I wouldn’t bother sending it in.
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From Coin Facts.
Notes: 1796 to 1807
There were only two obverse dies used for the 1799. Clearly, neither was used to create this coin!
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From Coin Facts:
Draped Bust Cent, 1799/8 1C, BN, PCGS XF45BN
The second nine looks all wrong on this one too...
Agreed - but the last 9 of the PCGS coin doesn't look like the same 9 in the OP, IMO.
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Interesting.
It’s one of the three listed in Coin Facts for that date, too.
https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1799-1c-bn/1443
The reverse of the op’s coin doesn’t match any of the known varieties.....but hey maybe it’s a new NC discovery - yeah that’s the ticket!
I didn't have to get close enough to examine the details of the date or absorb the specific differences in the last digit.
99 and 99/8 are very often problematic to authenticate (moreso than to grade) in low-end "details" condition, but what jumped out to me immediately was the depth of the date details and (pseudo-) rim compared to all other details near the rims at any other point.
"Details" coin of course but that 9 looks tooled, and I think the tool also left that perfectly straight line on the left side of the 9.
The more I look at it, I don't believe it's the overdate shown. The top loop is different.
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