[/QUOTE] What are my chances that this can be confirmed as a new variety? Is it just too bad to take a leap? I know it's a repeat of the misfit thread, but I was afraid it got lost in the volume. IF, and it's a BIG if, it is confirmed, it would be the goal of my entire fascination in the hobby. I just want to come out of it with something I have added to the hobby. I plan to take it to the Houston Money Show next month to see if I can find someone to confirm it.
I hate to sound like total idiot, please forgive me. If it was a new variety, in that condition how would you even tell? I can barely even tell that it's a coin, much less date, details, etc.
I followed the misfit thread somewhat and the coin in question is, in my opinion, able to be determined a new variety. When you are dealing with early early early cents, the varieties are different enough to tell even in low grades.
Marshall, I'm not here to rain on your parade and maybe it is a new variety, but the reality is that EAC (Early American Copper society) has been examining early coppers for almost 45 years and have cataloged just about every variety known to Numismatics. Not only that, the coins they view have diagnostics that have little, to no gray areas due to extreme wear or environmental damage. However, do not give up on your quest to determine just what you might have here, stranger things have happened. Happy Collecting
That is your best bet. Let it run through the experts - I know there are new varieties waiting to be discovered. Good Luck!
Notice the vertical die crack? Now look at the reference coin: Now if this is sufficient for identification, the reverse is good enough to eliminate all known reverse pairings. The position of the leaves on the right are under the uprights of the Left M and R. Reverse DD is the closest match, but not for that obverse. It all hinges on the identification of the obverse by the vertical crack which is quite unique to Obverse 28 of 1798.
Well I came away from the Houston Money show disappointed in my attempt to get expert advice and opinion. The Heritage gentleman was certainly friendly enough, but when he started telling me the coin was too far gone to get an Overton Identification from a third party grader, I knew I was asking the wrong person. I did get Cris McCawley (One of the better copper people in the country, but second to his partner Bob Grellman) to look at it and he gave me a firm "maybe, it's in pretty bad shape". I had hoped to see some better known copper people so I might get some consensus, but they either weren't there or I didn't recognize them. It might be good enough for verification, but not discovery.
