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<p>[QUOTE="Marshall, post: 7438553, member: 21705"]The one thing I can tell for certain is that is is NOT a Liberty Cap because they all used either Reverse of 94 or Reverse of 95. Any hint of a CAP is PMD or an illusion. But it's not an uncommon illusion on low grade copper when the bottom of LADY LIBERTY is not discernible. The ribbons on the draped bust look somewhat like a cap when heavily worn, damaged and/or corroded.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Draped Bust series all had a 29mm diameter and issue weight of 168 grains. So Large Cent is right on par with diameter and the weight converts to 148 grains or over 20% light. While weight loss is to be expected on a heavily worn coin, this seems a bit excessive on a coin which is not porous like commonly found in soil by metal detectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oddly enough, I have a S-78 that weighs in at 9.6 or 9.7 grams (different jewler's scales) that I think might have been struck on a TAL token which had a 151 grain standard on their heavy tokens. This is a possibility since the only two 1795 NC-2s were struck on TAL tokens (undertype bold enough for ID) which were purchased to be cut down for Half Cents. A few managed to sneak into the Large Cent planchet barrels.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marshall, post: 7438553, member: 21705"]The one thing I can tell for certain is that is is NOT a Liberty Cap because they all used either Reverse of 94 or Reverse of 95. Any hint of a CAP is PMD or an illusion. But it's not an uncommon illusion on low grade copper when the bottom of LADY LIBERTY is not discernible. The ribbons on the draped bust look somewhat like a cap when heavily worn, damaged and/or corroded. The Draped Bust series all had a 29mm diameter and issue weight of 168 grains. So Large Cent is right on par with diameter and the weight converts to 148 grains or over 20% light. While weight loss is to be expected on a heavily worn coin, this seems a bit excessive on a coin which is not porous like commonly found in soil by metal detectors. Oddly enough, I have a S-78 that weighs in at 9.6 or 9.7 grams (different jewler's scales) that I think might have been struck on a TAL token which had a 151 grain standard on their heavy tokens. This is a possibility since the only two 1795 NC-2s were struck on TAL tokens (undertype bold enough for ID) which were purchased to be cut down for Half Cents. A few managed to sneak into the Large Cent planchet barrels.[/QUOTE]
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