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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 4395815, member: 101855&quot;]Congratulations on finding a coin with your favorite design. I would not get the habit of buying these raw from sellers you don’t know on the Internet. Usually a coin like this that is not certified is raw for a reason, and it’s usually not a reason that is in your best interests.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am a big fan of the Draped Bust design. Back when I was a young collector in the early 1960s, I thought that design was the coolest thing going. I dreamed of owning a Draped Bust coin, but they were mostly above my ability to pay. This item that appeared in the back of the Judd pattern book really grabbed my attention. Now that I have owned a fairly large number of examples of the real thing, I now realize that this piece looks rather foolish. &quot;Genuineness doubted&quot; indeed.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105489[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is genuine example in high grade. You can see that the relief is very different.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105491[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1105492[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My first Draped Bust coin was an 1806 half cent (C-1) in AG-3 cleaned. I bought that one when I was 16 or so. My first &quot;real&quot; Draped Bust coin was a 1799 Bust Dollar, probably in VF-30. It had been dipped but not cleaned or polished. I bought that one circa 1968.</p><p><br /></p><p>I always wanted examples of the smaller Draped Bust coins, but they were beyond my ability to pay. The dime I saw was at the Gimbels Department coin counter. The price was $240, but it may as well have been $500,000 so far as I was concerned.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an adult I have been able to collect these coins in some detail.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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