Did I overpay for this 17XX half cent? Is there enough meat on the bone to identify it?

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• lasvegasteddy Posts: 10,447 ✭✭✭

  July 31, 2012 11:41AM

  " It may be something to leave in the "leave a penny, take a penny" cup."
  or drive by a school yard and toss it over the fence in the play yard...
  
  sweet score i'd say...but no you suck...keep tryin...

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• LanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 31, 2012 12:03PM

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  i'm not going to try to attribute from images, no mater how nice they are
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• Aegis3 Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭

  July 31, 2012 12:16PM

  I suspect it's attributable with some patience. Clearly it's from 1795-1797. What's the edge like?

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• lordmarcovan Posts: 44,026 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 31, 2012 12:23PM

  You paid a BUCK for that?!?
  
  That's venturing into "you suck" territory, even if it is a little *ahem* porous.
  
  

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• Aegis3 Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭

  July 31, 2012 12:26PM

  Well, it's not a 1797, and I've narrowed it down to three possible varieties.

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• Aegis3 Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭

  July 31, 2012 12:28PM

  1795 C-6
  
  

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• DNADave Posts: 7,312 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 31, 2012 1:17PM

  
  
  << <i>1795 C-6 >>
  
  
  
  I'm impressed,
  
  the edge is pretty thin, I don't see anything at all.
  
  Thanks for the input.
  
  

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• Baley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 31, 2012 5:24PM

  I'll bet the person who dug it thought it was worth more than a dollar. You can see the scratches where the knife turned it up, and of course, they had to clean it, too. Neat coin... for a buck

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• LochNESS Posts: 4,829 ✭✭✭

  July 31, 2012 7:47PM

  
  
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  << <i>1795 C-6 >>
  
  
  
  I'm impressed,
  
  the edge is pretty thin, I don't see anything at all.
  
  Thanks for the input. >>
  
  
  
  Perhaps it's the C6a thin planchet subvariety...
  

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• lordmarcovan Posts: 44,026 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 8, 2012 9:08PM

  Dave didn't waste this on some unsuspecting member of the Great Unwashed by putting it in the penny cup.
  
  He sent it to someone far more discerning, with a real eye for quality. (*snort* snicker*)
  
  Yours truly, of course.
  
  Thanks, Dave!

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• lordmarcovan Posts: 44,026 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 23, 2012 3:44AM

  I don't think I've ever picked up $38.88 out of the "take a penny" dish before.
  
  Thanks again, Dave. You're awesome.
  
  (And you did pretty well for a dollar, it would seem.)

  Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

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