Coronet Cents: So Plain They're Beautiful?

brianc1959

Anybody else feel the same way?

Aotearoa

Miss Liberty is a bit too manly for me to consider the coin beautiful.

Walkerguy21D

Beautiful in their own way, certainly....I never liked large cents, as most of the ones seen at small shows and B&Ms were decrepit, until I had to search out a high grade middle date cent for my 7070 many years ago. Wound up buying an 1819 N-6 from Larry Briggs in small ANACS MS60 holder, and fell in love with it, and wound up putting together the middle date set. Most of the dates and varieties are relatively affordable and available in XF-MS, more challenging and interesting than the late dates, less daunting and much more affordable than the early dates.

In retrospect, I wish I had started with the early dates though, as prices for those have skyrocketed over the past 25+ years.

Namvet69

It is curious that she has a double chin. Obviously she ate well. Peace Roy

Walkerguy21D

Did someone say doubled?

ricko

I like the old cents... Though I have never assembled a set. I do have a few (including an 'altered' one )....They were once a significant coin with purchasing power...heck, even Lincoln cents could buy a penny candy when I was a kid. Cheers, RickO

Walkerguy21D

These are beautiful to me.....but ya kinda have to be a specialist to appreciate them!

asheland

I like them, but I'm really fond of the braided hair type.

Paradisefound

They are special in their own right and on the personal note....the lady looks well nourished during the 'Deep Depression' period

Smudge

I really like the peripheral die crack on that one.

BillJones

High grade examples can be "attractive," but I would never call them beautiful. Here's the best looking one I have. Ted Naftzger owned this one at one time, and he wrote, "common date but beautiful" on the envelope.

Smudge

@BillJones is your coin made from the same die as the op? Die cracks look the same.

Elcontador

Bill Jones has the N-13 variety. That and the 1818 are the easiest coins of the series to find in Unc. Most are from the Randall Hoard and are splotchy in color.
Unc. attractive RB and RD Coronet Head cents carry a strong premium. Attractive RDs are scarce.

Walkerguy21D

Yes, same die variety, as is my mundane example:

asheland

Nice ones @BillJones & @Walkerguy21D

lkeigwin

I love large cents. My Dansco is complete save one. You can probably guess.

The really pricey ones I chose to leave in slabs. Not what I prefer but the sensible thing to do.
Lance.

SiriusBlack

They're one of my favorites! Only one I have so far. Well I do have a very worn braided but I haven't photographed it.

Walkerguy21D

Since I never cracked the old ANACS holder, I needed a replacement for the hole in my 7070 album:

Walkerguy21D

This one is rather pretty I think, and it’s the N-1 overdate, a much tougher variety in MS.
This had been in the personal collection of an EAC dealer/collector friend, and I acquired after he submitted it:

BryceM

More like handsome than beautiful. Undoubtedly from the Randal Hoard:

mannie gray

@Walkerguy21D said:
Yes, same die variety, as is my mundane example:

I disagree; your coin is not mundane.

mannie gray

@Walkerguy21D said:
This one is rather pretty I think, and it’s the N-1 overdate, a much tougher variety in MS.
This had been in the personal collection of an EAC dealer/collector friend, and I acquired after he submitted it:

That's a beauty.

Zoins

Certainly they can be beautiful. I like the ones with lustre and die cracks!