1799 Draped Bust Dollar- Opinions? - Page 2

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burfle23 Pillar of the Community United States 502 Posts	Posted 01/29/2024 8:43 pm Not the same variety of the bad ones with common marks; this one is a BB-158, the common bad reverse is BB-163. Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12046 Posts	Posted 01/29/2024 9:21 pm I removed my original response to avoid further confusion. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
burfle23 Pillar of the Community United States 502 Posts	Posted 01/29/2024 10:16 pm I am always very careful about possible misinformation, especially on counterfeits; sometimes my responses are slow pending fact checks... Report this Post to the Staff
westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9729 Posts	Posted 01/29/2024 10:23 pm Quote: And I do occasionally buy genuine coins... Do you still have your Vermont set? It's one of the better sets I've seen over the years - a tough series I'd love to get into more myself. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1982, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS) Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 Report this Post to the Staff
burfle23 Pillar of the Community United States 502 Posts	Posted 02/02/2024 7:10 pm So, I now have the 2nd one in hand and it doesn't appear "polished" as my original images. The edge does show the attribution mark from the original ANA documentation. I took some additional close up images of this one: Report this Post to the Staff
jacrispies Pillar of the Community United States 3735 Posts	Posted 02/02/2024 7:35 pm So the coin is a decent counterfeit at first glance, but the edge is too clean and a dead giveaway to me. Thanks for the edge photos. Always pays off to look at the third side of a coin! Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955 Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. Report this Post to the Staff
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