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1803 US Large Cent... And What Happened To Her Nose?

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She was carved. Fine 12 details. Nice color.
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Yes, it does look like some vandal just scraped all her profile right off. Surely not normal circulation wear. She is showing her 216 years of age.
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Yes tooled. That is a shame.
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Not gradable
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It's a Ticho Brahe cent
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Shame, and what great color.
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Too bad someone decided to make it a mess. It was a great coin before they went to work on it.
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Quote:
It's a Tycho Brahe cent


I could not for the life of me remember his name.


Thanks, I think...
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At least Tycho Brahe had a fake nose ... she has no nose.
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Most unfortunate.
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Yeah...Tycho had a gold nose...she even lost her copper one...are large cents prohibited from being melted?

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