1799 Draped Bust Eagle (Not My Coin)

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Adam590 Pillar of the Community United States 751 Posts	Posted 10/07/2025 11:54 pm I recently saw this coin up for auction. It's not my coin, I didn't bid on it, but I liked it. It seems that something is kind of off to me. How would you grade it? And do you think this coin is overgraded? Or messed with somehow? Edited by Adam590 10/08/2025 09:46 am Report this Post to the Staff

jacrispies Pillar of the Community United States 3848 Posts	Posted 10/08/2025 08:29 am Definitely messed with or doctored somehow. Nearly all are from this type. But eye appeal is still good. There is uncirculated detail but the field luster is broken. AU-58, but I wouldn't he surprised to see MS-61. 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
Adam590 Pillar of the Community United States 751 Posts	Posted 10/08/2025 11:12 am Thanks, Jacrispies, for getting this started. I see some work on the eagle's cheek. I also see some wear on the obverse, specifically above the eye, above the top hair curl, and also on the very bottom curl and the drapery nearby. I'm not revealing the grade yet, but I would have guessed AU(55). Am I being too harsh? Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36678 Posts	Posted 10/08/2025 3:12 pm Looks like it was cleaned at some point. Report this Post to the Staff
Adam590 Pillar of the Community United States 751 Posts	Posted 10/11/2025 1:43 pm Thanks for those of you who gave your opinions on this one. Here is the slab. PCGS called it AU(58). Do you think this is fair? I thought I saw wear on the eagle's cheek, on the drapery, and on the cap above Liberty's eye. I was thinking this was like an AU(55) coin. Is the "prooflike" luster a result of cleaning, though? Both opinions so far seem to think it's been messed with. Report this Post to the Staff
numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11880 Posts	Posted 10/11/2025 1:49 pm Looks undergraded to me at 58. I was thinking 62. IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website:https://fairfaxcoins.com Report this Post to the Staff
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