1796-99?? Draped Bust Large Cent -- Happy Spring TNet!

[btjbtj]

Hello friends, hope you all had a safe winter.

We had our first hunt of the year a couple of days ago here in Massachusetts at John's 1683 property. Found this coin, but can't quite make out the date's last digit! Definitely a draped bust large cent though. Enjoy and happy hunting! ~Lisa & John

 

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[Evolution]

Nice draped bust largie. I bet you can get that number to come out by doing a pencil rubbing of the coin. Congrats!

 

[btjbtj]

Evo, good idea! Thanks. -L&J

 

[Silvermonkey]

Lovely coin. Congrats!

 

[btjbtj]

Thanks, Silver! -L&J

 

[port ewen ace]

nice to see yer ear & glad to nose yer back. another season of thrills & spills??

 

[btjbtj]

Hey Port! Thanks. Nice to hear from u. -L&J

 

[Terry Soloman]

Super hunt - Congrats!

 

[btjbtj]

Thanks, Terry! -L&J

 

[JackalopeZL1]

1700's!!!! that is all that matters.. It is in pretty good shape too, Yours looks like mint state compared to the 2 I have been lucky enough to get..

 

[btjbtj]

Jack, thanks! Always leery to clean these oldies... L&J

 

[nsdq]

Nice. Almost looks 1796. But she toasty

 

[Scrappy]

Hi Welcome back Lisa! I'm glad to see you're still hunting that amazing property. Nice Draped bust. I find a lot of these and find myself in similar situations with the date. A good telltale is the hair style: yours looks like a style 1, which makes it (likely) a 1796 or 1797. The caveat? There are some known 1798 varieties with that type 1 hair, but odds are it's 1796-1797. Congrats

 

[HighVDI]

congrats! anything 1700's is a dandy!

 

[Primus Palus]

The joys of living on the east coast is getting finds like this. Amazing find. Wish I could find something like this.

 

[btjbtj]

Hey Scrappyyyy! How the heck are ya? Thanks for chiming in. We agree with you about the style one hair. Tempted to try to clean that date up! We look forward to seeing your finds this season. Cheers. -Lisa & John

 

[btjbtj]

Thanks, Primus-- lucky, indeed! Wishing you an amazing spring. -L&J

 

[btjbtj]

Thanks, H! We agree, it's always a thrill to see coins that start in 17! -L&J

 

[btjbtj]

Thanks, NS. Yup, most of these are toasty around here. Still a thrill to find them! -L&J

 

[trapperart]

Glad to see you're back, congrats on the old copper