1796 Bust Dollar - Reverse of 1798 - One of a kind!

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• jdillane Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭

  January 13, 2015 2:52AM

  That's a fact, Jack! What gives?

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• ArizonaRareCoins Posts: 679 ✭✭✭✭

  January 13, 2015 3:55AM

  funny. obviously the real date, originally on the coin, was either 1798 or 1799. Interesting that the guy that filled the plug thought he could get away with changing the coin to a better date. What's most disturbing is the PCGS "small date, large letters" attribution.

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• winky Posts: 1,671 ✭

  January 13, 2015 3:59AM

  Come on Jack tell us which one is for sale. I am not sure about this dollar.

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• messydesk Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 13, 2015 6:54AM

  Oy.

  John
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• coindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 13, 2015 8:35AM

  Smoebody got some 'splainin' to do forthwith.

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• crypto79 Posts: 8,623 ✭

  January 13, 2015 9:14AM

  
  
  << <i>funny. obviously the real date, originally on the coin, was either 1798 or 1799. Interesting that the guy that filled the plug thought he could get away with changing the coin to a better date. What's most disturbing is the PCGS "small date, large letters" attribution. >>
  
  
  
  To be fair to PCGS it certinly isn't the large date, small letters

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• crypto79 Posts: 8,623 ✭

  January 14, 2015 9:57AM

  Bump because it was worth more then 6 posts

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• SamByrd Posts: 3,131 ✭✭✭✭

  January 14, 2015 10:12AM

  is this coin really an altered 1798? maybe simply a mechanical error on the slab.

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• Sonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 15, 2015 12:26AM

  
  
  << <i>is this coin really an altered 1798? maybe simply a mechanical error on the slab. >>
  
  
  
  The date contains a crudely shaped 96. The reverse of the dollar is the Heraldic Eagle design, which was not used until the 1798 dollars were produced. The reverse of a real 1796 dollar contains the Small Eagle design. It's a mechanical error on the part of the coin doctor.

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