Actually the 179x was found years ago by my grandfather in Maryland. The 1837 was mine as a child, but my grandfather ended up with it. He passed almost 20 years ago... my uncle got his collection. Anyway, my uncle gave me a portion of the collection last weekend, and these were in it. I thought scanning might make the early cent more identifiable, but it is actually harder to see detail in the scan.
Btw: You'll have to overlook the lint on the scanning bed. It was my fault. I wiped the bed before scanning.
I hoped someone would venture a guess as to the year of the early cent... I think it looks like a 1796, but the 6 I see is not positioned like the 6 in my redbook. So... maybe a 5?
Sorry I can't see it well enough to venture a date , maybe a pic instead of a scan would help . Then you could highlight it or photoshop the date for visibility .
Looks like a 1798. Appears to be a type 2 hair which means 1798 or 1799 and the Liberty is too close to the head to be a 99.
theyre pretty worn but i like em. imagine how many different people could of handled 1798 draped bust cent.
Thanks! That's just the info I needed. I was thinking 96, but the "6" wasn't postitioned the same as others I have seen. I think 98 is a good call from that info. I knew someone could pick out details I'd never see. Thanks again!
The 1837 appears to be a "head of 1838". The scan isn't great and there's a lot of gunk in Liberty's hair but it looks like a beaded cord, not a plain one. It appears to be the N10 variety. The first T in STATES is a little high and tilts left, which is the diagnostic. Have you tried xylene to clean up some of the grime? It's Xylol, commercially. Lance.
I don't have any Xylene right now. I was wondering about that glob of gunk and how to get it off. Anything else work without hurting the coin?
Acetone is friendly on old copper. Not quite as effective as xylene on old copper. You should be able to get either, in good quality, from a hardware store. Lance.
Nice pictures for comparison. And not I still do not see it, but know what you all are saying. When I looked at the Original pictures I see the corrosion around the head - then you get to the hair. It becomes - is it corrosion or part of the hair. Or is it both. In the original pictures all I could make was an outline of the head and ER. Nothing else. I played with it for a couple of minutes, but it did not become clearer. Which is why I said you all have better eyes that me - you all can tell the difference.
I think it's too far gone to identify by variety, but I think it's a 1796 because it's a draped bust and the last digit looks rounded. The R appears to be type 1 with a straight tail, though that is not rock solid with this degree of wear and corrosion. If it is, then it would be limited to 1796, 1797 and the obverses 1, 2, 5 and 6 of 1798. Each of the 1798's has the HWH left of the upright of the R unlike the subject. For this reason, I suspect 1796. There are far too many obverses of 1796 which match up with what can be seen on the subject to get any further.
