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Message:: [QUOTE="CBull, post: 598444, member: 18839"]My 83 year old Grandmother gave me a coin this past Memorial Day weekend that her Father had given to her. I am not a coin collector and basically I know absolutely nothing about coins. But curiousity got the better of me and I decided to do a little research online about the coin. I am actually really surprised to read that the coin that my Grandmother has recently given to me is a 1804 Draped Bust Liberty Dollar. It seems as though this is a pretty rare coin. During my research about the coin I have learned that there are 3 classes of this coin. I believe this coin is a class 1 or class 3 coin. The class 2 coin had no writing on the edge of it. This one does. I have no idea how to examine this coins condition. To me, it looks brand new. It is a beautiful coin and has been kept in a plastic sleeve for many, many years. I am thinking that it could be possible that this coin was only handled be a handful of people because of it's excellent condition. So I would greatly appreciate any info. anyone has out there on this coin. I am really wanting to know if it is a class 1 or a class 3 coin. How can I tell? Anyone know?[/QUOTE]