AG 1806 cent
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Need better pictures but it looks to be a details coin.
Is it to fill a hole in an album? Or just to have? I'd say pass if just to have but a good filler coin
EDIT - As long as a readable date, if for a filler then about 35/40$ ?? Even though it's a low mintage of 348,000
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@Steven59 somebody may want it for a lowball set
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Tough one - way too much for a PO01!
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Low ball coins would have to be problem free.
That coin looks more like Good details.
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Let me rephrase then: the low ball coins that get premiums are problem free. You can put an VG holed in your set IF you want, but no one will pay a premium for such a "low ball" coin.
Then again, you are also free to overpay. So, that coin is worth somewhere between $20 and $20,000. I hope that helps the OP.
Just wondering - how can "LowBall" coins be problem free? - Low ball collectors collect problem coins? (As long as with dates) EH?
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There are people that collect crappy coins, even coins with problems. When someone refers to a "lowball" coin that commands a premium they are generally referring to the registry sets. In that instance, low technical grade without problems is what commands a premium.
In that context, a sound AG coin is a lowball coin. A P01 with a hole in it is not.
@jmlanzaf what makes the coin a details grade? Heres some hopefully better photos.
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That is a very worn cent... Not one that I would add. Well, if found metal detecting, I would certainly keep it. Cheers, RickO
@ricko yes very worn, but do you think it is details grade?
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Details grade due to the corrosion on the reverse (that green area is corrosion). For a low ball coin to have any real value, it needs to have original surfaces and no problems other than normal circulation wear.
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@gumby1234.... Yes, as above... Due to the corrosion. Cheers, RickO
If you want reasonably informed opinions on if it will straight grade or details grade you must have better photos.
** For a low ball coin to have any real value, it needs to have original surfaces and no problems other than normal circulation wear.**
This is ideal, however I've seen some low grade large cents straight grade that had issues, that on another day may have received a Details grade. The coin posted may or may not straight grade, but I'd lean toward not, and likely merits G4 details. You may want to keep it as a pocket piece with other loose change to naturally wear it down and smooth out some of the issues, if you really want an AG or lower desirable 'lowball' coin.
Frankly the lowball concept is kind of lost on me....I can see Morgan and Peace dollars, etc being a neat collectable in very worn pristine states, as that is highly unusual. But with many of the large cents still in existence being in a lowball-ish state already? But to each his own.
BTW, the 1806 is a sleeper date, and the reported mintage of 348,000 likely contains many dated 1805, but struck in '06. It's tough in VF/XF, and formidable in AU. But this is nothing in the context of the draped bust series, where the collector already faces the 1796, 1799, and 1804. And the Barber guys think they got it tough lol!
Exactly this... as an example, here's a low-ish ball LC from the Braided Hair Series. It came with the Grellman attribution card (straight graded at 15+):
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Also looks cleaned to me.
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@Aotearoa It is very dark brown. It could be the lighting on my digital scope making it look cleaned.
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