1799/8 Draped Bust Large Cent ?

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Jalexfoster
Jalexfoster Posts: 46 ✭✭✭
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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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  • asheland
    asheland Posts: 24,545 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Great pictures!

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  • asheland
    asheland Posts: 24,545 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    :) !!!

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  • Hemispherical
    Hemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 22, 2019 3:23PM
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    From Coin Facts.

    Notes: 1796 to 1807

  • Aotearoa
    Aotearoa Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    There were only two obverse dies used for the 1799. Clearly, neither was used to create this coin!

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  • jdimmick
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    altered date

  • Jalexfoster
    Jalexfoster Posts: 46 ✭✭✭
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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... >:)

  • JimW
    JimW Posts: 617 ✭✭✭✭
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    @Jalexfoster said:
    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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  • Hemispherical
    Hemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Jalexfoster said:
    From Coin Facts:


    Draped Bust Cent, 1799/8 1C, BN, PCGS XF45BN
    The second nine looks all wrong on this one too... >:)

    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

  • Walkerguy21D
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    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!

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  • ColonelJessup
    ColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 23, 2019 8:38AM
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    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. :'(

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  • matt_dac
    matt_dac Posts: 963 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    "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.

  • asheland
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    The more I look at it, I don't believe it's the overdate shown. The top loop is different. :(

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