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Draped Bust! Toasted!

steelheadwill

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Pulled this today from one of my old haunts,
Toast, I know,
Profile doesn't look like the pug nose 1801 Draped I dug in same area.

Just a rinse for cleaning, another copper that looks like pewter.
Thanks for looking, & HH! :thumbsup:
 

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Re: Liberty Cap !!! Hoping !!!

i think your right.
 
Re: Liberty Cap !!! Hoping !!!

Yea I see it too, AWESOME job on pullin that oooooooldie!!!! :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:
 
Re: Liberty Cap !!! Hoping !!!

Nice one Herbie. Still waiting for my first liberty cap. :icon_thumright:
 
Re: Liberty Cap !!! Hoping !!!

nice copper, steelhead.
you have been killing it this year.
looks like a draped bust from here.
there's a bit of hair on the back of her head that can look like a Phrygian cap if the coin is worn.
keep it up!
 
Re: Liberty Cap !!! Hoping !!!

I wish I could say Liberty Cap for your coin, but I looked at the Reverse side and it appears that the leaves on the wreath match a Draped Bust style.(Fatter in general than the Reverses of most Liberty Caps) Either way, you got an old Large Cent which is always a great find.

Don
 
Re: Liberty Cap !!! Hoping !!!

nice draped bust! least you can identify it :thumbsup:
 
Re: Liberty Cap !!! Hoping !!!

Don in SJ said:
I wish I could say Liberty Cap for your coin, but I looked at the Reverse side and it appears that the leaves on the wreath match a Draped Bust style.(Fatter in general than the Reverses of most Liberty Caps) Either way, you got an old Large Cent which is always a great find.

Don
Thanks for all Your replies!!
I said 'Hoping' as I noticed those 'Deertrack' type leaves in the wreath,
typical of the Draped Bust.
with all the combinations of obverse/reverse on these early cents I was Hopeful.
The bust is worn down enough so that her profile does look like like a Cap.
Any identifiable Draped is a great find! Good Day & HH :thumbsup:
 
Still and awesome find. Just considering the history that coin saw makes up for the condition! :hello2:
 
Nice find Herbie :icon_thumleft: i can see a 1793 or 4 Date on your coin and the leaf pattern matches the one from coin facts i am no expert but it,s pretty close Jim :thumbsup:
 

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I took two photos of my coins and combined them with the coin in this post for a comparison photo.

Don
 

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Don, you have some fine coins there.
Are they dug?
 
steelheadwill said:
Don, you have some fine coins there.
Are they dug?

Yes they are dug, the 1796 is perhaps my best conditioned Liberty Cap I have and it came out of white sugar sand basically as is. The 1800 is just average condition, I just picked one out of my photo file.
 

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