1813 Large Cent

Matthew21

Wanted to see what kind of grade this would be was thinking vg. He wants $95.

Baley

Vg/F details maybe, but heavily corroded as is common. Net grade Fair at best IMO.

jdimmick

heavily corroded a strong pass IMO

chesterb

I agree. I wouldn’t be happy with that coin in my collection and $80 is a lot of money.

Steven59

Well nice full date and LIBERTY band but heavily corroded. Hard to say about $95.

Matthew21

This one sold for $96 has more wear and has corrosion.

braddick

These with full dates and decent rims at under $100. is fair. Not a tremendously sweet deal, yet doable.

lkenefic

G6, maybe VG8 Details, heavily corroded. Net Fr2-AG3? Super tough series to find nice...

Hydrant

Your call.

Barndog

That's an easy pass all day long. Assembling a set of classic head cents (by date, major varieties, or even by Sheldon numbers) is more rewarding when it features problem-free coins, or at least nearly so. I'd think a date set of coins could be assembled in a week if heavily-corroded planchets were OK.

I've done it before, no corrosion and all F-VF (EAC) or better. Problem free coins with choice surfaces are challenging.

Matthew21

I’ve seen some bad corrosion on some large cents but to me this is not bad looking as some I have seen, it’s so hard to get any kind of large cent without corrosion unless you want to spend a few hundred dollars on each of the ones from these years. I’m only 3 coins away from completing my custom set of 1794-1857, no 1793, 1799, or 1804 those are a tad bit to expensive for me.

airplanenut

@Matthew21 said:
I’ve seen some bad corrosion on some large cents but to me this is not bad looking as some I have seen

Just because there are worse examples doesn’t make an example a good choice. I’ve seen really moldy loaves of bread, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to make a sandwich with the loaf that’s only a bit moldy.

grote15

The coin is heavily corroded, yes, but I actually like the amount of detail and the porosity is also very even on both sides. Not a higher grade coin by any means, but better than what you'd expect from most filler coins, too.

Matthew21

I bought it last night for $95 and I like it you can’t really find any good examples of these online other than looking like junk.

skier07

@Matthew21 said:
I bought it last night for $95 and I like it you can’t really find any good examples of these online other than looking like junk.

Congrats! It’s not my cup of tea but it’s your collection and if you like it that’s the most important thing. We all have different tastes and budgets and what’s good for you may not be so for me. If you’re happy that’s all that matters.

ricko

Still detail left and I have seen metal detecting finds that look much like this one. Cheers, RickO

Raybo

@Barndog said:
That's an easy pass all day long. Assembling a set of classic head cents (by date, major varieties, or even by Sheldon numbers) is more rewarding when it features problem-free coins, or at least nearly so. I'd think a date set of coins could be assembled in a week if heavily-corroded planchets were OK.

I've done it before, no corrosion and all F-VF (EAC) or better. Problem free coins with choice surfaces are challenging.

Corrosion free for <$100 good luck, I actually like the OP's coin.
We all don't have Barndog money.

Matthew21

@Raybo said:

@Barndog said:
That's an easy pass all day long. Assembling a set of classic head cents (by date, major varieties, or even by Sheldon numbers) is more rewarding when it features problem-free coins, or at least nearly so. I'd think a date set of coins could be assembled in a week if heavily-corroded planchets were OK.

I've done it before, no corrosion and all F-VF (EAC) or better. Problem free coins with choice surfaces are challenging.

Corrosion free for <$100 good luck, I actually like the OP's coin.
We all don't have Barndog money.

Thank you 👍

Raybo

@Matthew21 said:

@Raybo said:

@Barndog said:
That's an easy pass all day long. Assembling a set of classic head cents (by date, major varieties, or even by Sheldon numbers) is more rewarding when it features problem-free coins, or at least nearly so. I'd think a date set of coins could be assembled in a week if heavily-corroded planchets were OK.

I've done it before, no corrosion and all F-VF (EAC) or better. Problem free coins with choice surfaces are challenging.

Corrosion free for <$100 good luck, I actually like the OP's coin.
We all don't have Barndog money.

Thank you 👍

Classic head Large Cents are really tough, I really don't get the negativity.

opportunity

It has VG details and is priced at full retail at that price. I also think it may be chemically altered. Make sure you buy the attribution guide

Matthew21

@Raybo said:

@Matthew21 said:

@Raybo said:

@Barndog said:
That's an easy pass all day long. Assembling a set of classic head cents (by date, major varieties, or even by Sheldon numbers) is more rewarding when it features problem-free coins, or at least nearly so. I'd think a date set of coins could be assembled in a week if heavily-corroded planchets were OK.

I've done it before, no corrosion and all F-VF (EAC) or better. Problem free coins with choice surfaces are challenging.

Corrosion free for <$100 good luck, I actually like the OP's coin.
We all don't have Barndog money.

Thank you 👍

Classic head Large Cents are really tough, I really don't get the negativity.

I don’t either unless I had a endless supply of money I would buy every one of them in very nice condition. I have a budget and I have to stick to that.