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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3249891, member: 10461&quot;]Yeah, your 1798 has some rather scrubby surfaces, but as far as &quot;problem&quot; coins and early large cents go, it&#039;s not that bad-looking.&nbsp; Has some decent details.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hey, these are fun in any sort of condition.&nbsp; And I&#039;ve seen them in every conceivable condition from worn-out slug on up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Check out these two that my local detecting buddy found.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both are in remarkably good states of preservation for a dug 1798 cent, both are of the Sheldon-166 variety with its telltale reverse die break, and they were dug on different sites.&nbsp; For some reason, several S-166&#039;s have been found around here.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Not shown is the only Draped Bust cent *I* have dug personally- its a massively-corroded slug, barely identifiable.)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/1798-S166-Aug2013-obv.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/1798-S166-Aug2013-obv.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/1798-S166-Aug2013-obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/1798-S166-Aug2013-rev.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/1798-S166-Aug2013-rev.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/1798-S166-Aug2013-rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/17981cAUdetails-obvbefore.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/17981cAUdetails-revbefore.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/17981cAUdetails-revbefore.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/17981cAUdetails-revbefore.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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