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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fish, post: 163581, member: 6034&quot;]Alright, I&#039;ve looked at 1836-38 in Breen&#039;s Encyclopedia, and found no mention of the coin in question.&nbsp; That leaves only a few possibilities.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. It is a counterfeit/fantasy piece.&nbsp; If it&#039;s counterfeit, it was probably struck and not cast as it looks (from the pictures we have) fairly convincing.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. It is genuine, and was not known to Breen.</p><p><br /></p><p>The latter is not entirely unheard of.&nbsp; I myself have a coin variety (pre-1900 mind you) that is not in his Encyclopedia.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t gotten it certified as such yet though.</p><p><br /></p><p>Were I the owner, I would strongly consider consulting any experts that may live in your area, and also look at <a href="http://www.conecaonline.org" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.conecaonline.org" rel="nofollow">www.conecaonline.org</a> to see if there are any bust-half experts that would like to look at your coin.&nbsp; If you have a bit more money to spend, send it off to one of the major TPGs to be certified and graded.&nbsp; If it comes back legit, you may have the discovery piece for a new variety.&nbsp; That would be a wonderful thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whatever you do, please post back here and let us know.&nbsp; I myself am very curious about what the end result will be.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck,</p><p><br /></p><p>Fish[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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