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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2877572, member: 10461"]Of all America's Liberties, the Draped Busts are my favorite. Those are some lovely coppers.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of the high grade DB cents I've handled personally were, believe it or not, local detector finds dug by my friends. In certain places around here, the soil was much kinder to them than usual. Several 1798 S-166 examples with the telltale reverse die break have been found, and a really sharp 1798/7 as well. Those are just the ones I <i>know</i> of.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]688969[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]688971[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I have heard rumors of 1794 Liberty Cap cents in that kind of condition being found on an island near here ... and I believe them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2877572, member: 10461"]Of all America's Liberties, the Draped Busts are my favorite. Those are some lovely coppers. All of the high grade DB cents I've handled personally were, believe it or not, local detector finds dug by my friends. In certain places around here, the soil was much kinder to them than usual. Several 1798 S-166 examples with the telltale reverse die break have been found, and a really sharp 1798/7 as well. Those are just the ones I [I]know[/I] of. [ATTACH=full]688969[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]688971[/ATTACH] I have heard rumors of 1794 Liberty Cap cents in that kind of condition being found on an island near here ... and I believe them.[/QUOTE]
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