1804 drapped bust half cent
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zeemang
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Killer find man, great job!
brncofan
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actually i just lightly brushed the dirt from it when i found it ,and thats it then used renaissance wax on it just got lucky and the ground was kind to the coin
thanks alot Zee
thanks very much joe appreciate your help and feedback
I think I have a misprint in my coin book red book ..or looked at an 1805 maybe
..cuz I believe that coin may be worth thousands..I'm not home..will double check at home.. but Google the value..cuz you really scored..don't try to do anything more to it.. I apologise for my mistake..get it restored and graded..huge congratulations
..cuz I believe that coin may be worth thousands..I'm not home..will double check at home.. but Google the value..cuz you really scored..don't try to do anything more to it.. I apologise for my mistake..get it restored and graded..huge congratulations
Man.. I apologise.. I don't know what coin I first looked up in my 2019 red book..but I'm home now looking at it..it's one of three things..a fake..an original..or a restrike..I'll quote the red book..A restrike 1804 was manufactured from discarded mint dies. An altered 1803 die was used for the obverse and a die of the 1820 cent was used for the reverse. They were struck circa 1860 to satisfy the demand for this rare date. Known as the "restrike", the product actually is a combination of two unrelated dies and cannot be confused with the genuine...further written.."All genuine 1804 cents have a crosslet 4 in date and a large fraction. The 0 in the date is in line with the O in OF on reverse
Wow..my meds must really be messing me up..now I know my mistake..first I looked up a half cent..then I was looking at a large cent.. I was giving you the correct info in my first post ..discard the rest..my sincere apologies.. I'll go hide back under the rock I crawled out from...
brncofan
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thanks for your research on the coin appreciate it joe
thanks very much again
cool ty
its all good buddy thanks very much for everything
thank you princess im very happy with this findCongratulations on an exceptional find! What a neat piece of history.
The Rebel
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Awesome find! I'm still looking for one of those babies.
Waveoff
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What an outstanding coin! Congrats on the beautiful old largie!
Tom_in_CA
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Oh to have "only" found one. Oh to have "only" found 140 largies . How can you bear the indignity ??
Lil Worm6
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Oh to have "only" found one. Oh to have "only" found 140 largies . How can you bear the indignity ??
Diggerydoo
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Congrats!
I just found my first on Saturday. An 1807 in way worse shape.
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I just found my first on Saturday. An 1807 in way worse shape.
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ollievon
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Always a fun find, way to go! I'm impressed at the condition too, coppers at this time are getting really ratty since they are 200+ years old, kudo's to you!
Vermonster
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Wow, very nice! That's a beauty!
