Please Help ID Tthis Early Large Cent

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mrwiskers Pillar of the Community United States 1780 Posts	Posted 05/24/2024 09:44 am ...Found this years ago at an estate sale, so I have no real provenance... ...heavly worn, underweight @ 8.798g (possibly a counterfeit?) ... can barely make out the denomionation on the reverse ... note the proximity between the word "CENT" & the top of the wreath's ribbon ... any ideas or other identification is greatly appreciated Report this Post to the Staff

jbuck Moderator United States 187862 Posts	Posted 05/24/2024 10:25 am Very interesting. It does look like an early US Large Cent to me, so if you do not get much response here we can move it to the US Classic forum. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
mrwiskers Pillar of the Community United States 1780 Posts	Posted 05/24/2024 10:56 am ...that'd be fine with me jbuck ... only thing I can ID for certain id the "ONE CENT" & wreath... I thought maybe that the space between 'CENT' & the top of the ribbon may help ID which type & a date ... not my specialty, & would welcome any help ... Edited by mrwiskers 05/24/2024 12:17 pm Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187862 Posts	Posted 05/24/2024 2:01 pm I moved it. Hopefully more comments will appear. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
thecoinguy1964 Pillar of the Community United States 1303 Posts	Posted 05/24/2024 2:26 pm It's toast. Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9862 Posts	Posted 05/24/2024 2:51 pm My guess would be Draped Bust Large Cent or contemporary counterfeit. Could be enough wear and deterioration to account for 20% loss of weight. https://www.coincommunity.com/us_la...ped_bust.asp "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Edited by DBM 05/24/2024 3:42 pm Report this Post to the Staff
mrwiskers Pillar of the Community United States 1780 Posts	Posted 05/24/2024 3:10 pm @thecoinguy1964 ... "It's toast" ... ... you're too kind ... it's beyond toast ... ...However, I like a challenge ... as stated, there's an extremely narrow gap between the top, right, of the ribbon ( bottom of wreath) & the bottom of the 'N' in "CENT" ... hopefully a knowledgeable collector will recognize this feature & possibly correctly ID this cent ... ...BTW, @thecoinguy1964, do you realize the difficulty of properly photographing toast?... (sorry for the poor pics ... this thing is rugged, but, I have one that's worse, believe it or not...) Edited by mrwiskers 05/24/2024 4:25 pm Report this Post to the Staff
jacrispies Pillar of the Community United States 3848 Posts	Posted 05/24/2024 6:07 pm Not worth anyone's time to go variety by variety for all the draped bust die marriages to match a reverse die. If I had to guess I would say 1798 Type II hair by the lettering style and small fraction. 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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