nobody else bid on this coin which surprised me. Did not look too terrible for 20 bucks. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1807-6-Drap...SM2vhs4eUw5%2FO72J1Js%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
You think it's a counterfeit Frank? I was thinking the worse thing about the coin was the gouges on the date.
I don’t know why anyone would fake a 1807/6 Large date. In that particular variety the money is in the 1807/6 small date. The thing that is I thought was strange is the normal wear on the back is in a different location than I’m used to seeing. However when you start dealing with old worn large cents NOTHING seems to be normal. Here is an image of my 1801 pointing to where I normally see wear marks on the reverse. But nothing about the ONE CENT looks out of the norm to me. If I didn't have one already I would have spent $20 on that variety.
questionable Look at the C E relationship, how low the C is compared to the E The look at the N [in One] strange.
Early American large cents are VERY inconstant (that’s why there are close to 400 Sheldon varieties for only 21 years). Tom Deck has an excellent website where he has a TON of the varieties (http://www.largecents.net/) in amazing photos. He also has every image of the Walter Husak collection of large cents (http://www.largecents.net/husak/index.html). If you look at every image for say 1807 you will see that the C to E relationship is not that out of the norm. The N in ONE is a little strange but it wouldn’t throw up a red flag for me. In the late 1700’s early 1800’s coins where very hard to produce consistently. That is why I don’t think I’ve seen 2 exactly the same. In fact I think all my draped bust large cents are even rotated to some degree.
