1796 Draped Bust Dollar - is it real or fake?

Hold on. My comp may be a misattributed B-4. I need to check the 1795 BB-51.

Sorry. My B-3 Comp from Heritage was a Misattributed B-4. It's a B-4 R3 variety.

 

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I have the die variety number for that 1796 dollar written on a sticker on the holder, but I don’t keep that information in my old brain. I know that it’s not a major rarity. I only have one Bust Dollar that qualifies for that.

You have to make an appointment and give up your first born to get into safe deposit boxes these days.

 

I rely on Heritage Archives for ID of varieties where I have no literature and create my own little diagnostic chart. In this case, the two listings were not helpful. One had no photos and the other was a misattributed B4.

Anyway, I now show 4 obverses and 4 reverses used in 1796. The B-3 and B-4 share an obverse. The B-4 has a unique Reverse and the B-3 shares a Reverse with B-1 and B-2 (and with a 1795).

Oh! And now I've found the Fake Obverse back to 2010 that started me on the 1796 1$.

 

B -BB -O -R -Rr -Date -Letters -Diagnostic

4 -61 -3 -B -R3 -small -LARGE --Inside Berry left of S(T)
3 -62 -3 -A -R8 -small --small ---Berry under A(T)
2 -63 -2 -A -R4 -small --small ---Berry under A(T)
6 -64 -2 -D -R8 -small --LARGE -Leaf on both sides of bottom of T(ED)
5 -65 -4 -C -R2 -LARGE -LARGE -No inside berry left of S(T)
1 -66 -1 -A -R4 -small --small ---Berry under A(T)

 

Sellers are 1-1 removing a listing after being notified they were offering the unidentified counterfeit 1796 1$. I just reported the one who had not removed their listing before the item closes later today. The bid was over $100 already.

Oddly enough, both were categorized under 1796 Draped Bust Large Cents.

 

That classification was probably deliberate, to make folks think they are getting a real steal!

 

The coin in the civitas is a Vampire Hub piece but the coin has been worked on to try and hide the tale-tell features. Doen't matter though, once you know what to look for it jumps out as a fake.

 

I'm very disappointed. I've notified both the seller and eBay that this is a counterfeit and it's still up with bidding at $255.
https://www.ebay.com/b/Draped-Bust-Large-Cents-1796-1807/11947/bn_16562610?rt=nc&_sop=1

Sold for $283. And the buyer will swear it's real.