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Grade and value? Has several issues but not a bad find.   *** Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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 I moved your post to the appropriate section for the proper attention.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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G details - scratched and deliberately disfigured. Bottom of the barrel - maybe $10? to the CCF! Edited by Coinfrog
09/28/2018 7:16 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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G-4 Details, damaged. Hope you didn't pay too much for this one. to the CCF! |
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Not good at grading classic coins, but the reverse looks much better than the obverse. If you plan on keeping the coin, it probably wouldn't hurt to darken the fresh rubs on the obverse side(there are a variety of ways of achieving this). Just my opinion though.
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Bedrock of the Community
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G/VG detail - severely damaged. How did you find it? |
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Hey TYTY how would I get it back to looking the way it did before I found it?
For the person asking I found it using my metal detector in Md.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I believe this coin is fake. There are three varieties of the 1808 Half Cent. Cohen 1 and 2 shared the same obverse die. Therefore there only two obverse dies for this coin. This is a picture the detail of the date on an 1808 Half Cent Cohen 2. This is the 8 over 7 overdate. It is very scarce. The Cohen 1 which is extremely rare also shared this same obverse die.  Note that the last 8 does not rise above the zero and it is not touching the bust. Below is a picture of an 1808 Half Cent Cohen 3 which is the only other obverse die and most common variety. Note that the last 8 in the date is above the zero digit but it is clearly touching the bust.  Now let's look at your coin.  The last 8 in the date is above the zero but it does not touch the bust. This is not consistent with either of the 2 known obverse dies for this date. As a result, I believe it is a fake coin. It is possible that this is a previously unknown variety, but I doubt it. I think it is just a poorly made fake. |
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Numismatic Student is correct -- this is a copy or forgery. It has been deliberately "worked" to appear old and damaged.
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 |
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Numismatic Student is correct -- this is a copy or forgery. It has been deliberately "worked" to appear old and damaged. The nice thing is they worked on it enough to insure no one in their right mind would pay more than $5 for it if it was genuine.  |
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Posted 09/28/2018 7:14 pm
