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Draped bust? opinions welcomed

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osgood

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This penny is driving me crazy. It is definitely a large cent, I can read the ONE CENT on the reverse and I swear the one and the cent are slightly higher vertically than on center (does that make sense?), leaving room beneath for where that bow like structure with the 1/100 would be. I cant read the 1/100 but fancy Im seeing some ribbon like stuff. I found it at a cellar whole (1800), several weeks ago. Perhaps a hundred yards from there by the house I found an 1817 Matron head several months ago. This coin, unless it is the extra build up of crud, seem just a tad heftier than the matron. So here it is soaking in oil, and a slightly off angle shot with my camera. Does it look like maybe a draped bust? I just cant seem to see someone looking left. Maybe Im grasping at straws but if so would be my first. Any input? thanks, CO
 
Can't help you, but we all do grasp at straws from time to time. I love finding nickels, particularly the V's, and most that I do find are pretty far gone. Non the less, I will worry over them, just like you with your large cent, knowing full well even if I do get a date the coin would hardly be worth the metal its made of. But, "worth" is not what most of us get out of this hobby, is it? Good luck with your "grasping." HH jim tn
 
I think it is - I put it into photoshop and compared your coin. Here are a couple images that make me think it is. All I did was place your coin over the 1797 and slowly increase the opacity from 0 to 100.
 
nice work Atokad !!
 
this is true! jim! it's "always"
the "anticipation" that lights me up!

(h.h.!)
j.t.
 
Atokad said:
I think it is - I put it into photoshop and compared your coin. Here are a couple images that make me think it is. All I did was place your coin over the 1797 and slowly increase the opacity from 0 to 100.
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Very cool work!!!
 
First time I have ever seen that done ...........:thumbup:
 
Thanks all for the input. Atokad, like you should be on a CSI team, that is as others noted a cool technique you used. It confirms the variety, as the one I was thinking of. With that tuft at the back of the head and the chin, and overall shape the draped was the only one that seemed to fit. It would be my first, and although I doubt I will ever read the date, forever wondering whether I broke the century mark or not, by virtue of the mintage year cutoff, it is still my earliest coin find to date. Im not in this for the money. I keep all of my finds for my kids etc. Im happy to have gotten this "first", thats got to be 200 years old at least. Yikes, woo woo. thanks again, CO
 
Dude that was awesome the way you did that, I'm an avid Photoshop user, can you PM me on the setup, I have a couple of coins to try that on.
 
Very welcome, just glad I was able to help.

Shooter I can't figure out how to PM you =D
All I did was save the image of the coin and open it up in photo shop, then went to google and found a draped bust and loaded that image into PS as well. Put them both in the same file and size them to match. Then on the top coin layer reduce the opacity til you can see the other coin underneath it. I saved an image about every 15% opacity in order to show the transition better. I hope this helps!
 
!!!! great goin' , there Curt! and to think I have been invited out and haven't had the time,-- so, you dig this before the snow??? had 8 '' here--. I see the ground is still not frozen under this white blanket, so, -uh, hey let's get out there!!! and sure, I'll bring 'Fred' the mandolin along---
 
Jess, I dug that mid Decemberish. The area was swampy and I was totally covered in mud. At one point had to make a run for the car when a thunder snow storm came rollin in with 50 mph winds and the temperature, within minutes, plummeted 25 degrees. There is nothing really on the back side, if you look real close you can barely see the ONE CENT words, thats all. Yes lets dig it, thanks, CO
 
It is nice to know what year is the coin or at least get a crude approximation. I have a silver coin almost all corroded and by looking at an old book from Mexico coins, I found out that the coin was made between 1786 to 1811. Imagine the feeling of discovering that. I congratulate you for the coin, even though, as you know, there is not that much value into it, like mine. Hopefully, one day we will be able to find another old one with a readable date. My coin is also the oldest one I have in my collection and like you I don't sell anything I have. Congratulations to you again and best regards to all of you on the forum.
 
Thanks Terry-C, where I am in upstate NY, the soil is brutal on old large cents and other such. Silver keeps pretty well but of course if the date is gone before the coin even goes in the ground you're probably out of luck. Im gonna keep soaking, but as you can see it is just about one big hunk of conglomerate. Would love to get one someday that says 17something on it as a date.-that would be my ultimate find. Good Luck, CO
 
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