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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kasia, post: 1321918, member: 31533&quot;]According to my blue book, there are two varieties of the 1799 draped bust cent. One is the regular one, where the date is 1799, where the die was made for 1799 and not used previously. The second is the overdate, where the die for the 1798 was reused and a 9 was sunk in over the 8, making it a 1799. I am not an expert in this type coin, so I can only give you what I find in the standard book. There should be other people here that are better with this coin. You will want to photo the holder when you get that from the lady. Also, from your pics, I don&#039;t know if yours will grade AG3. It may only be P1 or 2 (Poor instead of Almost Good). The prices I quoted from the Blue Book (which is generally dealers or wholesale price) represent AG3. I didn&#039;t look to see what retail price is supposed to be. Also the prices in these books are not hard and fast. It depends on how tough the coin is. You might want to ask some here to try to grade it. Take a couple more pics. </p><p><br /></p><p>Until you can verify this is an authentic coin and it&#039;s true value, you might want to hold off paying the lady more. What you may want to do if you find it grades to a value you can sell it for, is then base what you might offer the lady later on.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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