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2 Large Cents - your opinion?

jmski52jmski52 Posts: 23,008 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Be gentle :)

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  • jughead1893jughead1893 Posts: 1,683 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like them both.Would be happy to have either one in my set.My gtg was 62 for both

  • TxCollectorTxCollector Posts: 441 ✭✭✭✭

    Those look great to me. The current spots that I've filled for the braided hair section of my large cent date set are definitely worse on average with a range of VF-35 to MS-63 slabs.

  • ElmerFusterpuckElmerFusterpuck Posts: 4,748 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like both of them, the 1840 definitely has an interesting but attractive look.

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  • ConnecticoinConnecticoin Posts: 13,005 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Look good to me!

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  • raysrays Posts: 2,420 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice greenie

  • privatecoinprivatecoin Posts: 3,509 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Can you leave them to me in your will? <3 Awesome color to that 1840.

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  • WilliamFWilliamF Posts: 831 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 12, 2022 12:18PM

    Be gentle?! I couldn't say a bad word about these 2 if I tried! :)
    The petite head of 1839-43 is probably my favorite type of Large Cent, it's the most... elegant of the designs IMO.
    I've been looking for one of these (the petite head type) in between AU55 and MS64, your 1842 is very close to the condition I'm looking for.
    It's a beautiful uniform color, though it could use some more red ;)

    On the 1840 It's odd how strong the strike is in the middle of the coin and yet so weak around the edges, very interesting pieces!!

    Now you need one of each of these with the small dates :smiley:

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  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,543 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @rays said:
    Nice greenie

    That's what I've been debating - assuming it's natural, and I'm leaning toward that it is, that is a scarce and highly desirable condition.
    I would love to see that coin in hand!

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  • GaCoinGuyGaCoinGuy Posts: 2,763 ✭✭✭✭

    Nice, I love that 42's color.

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  • bennybravobennybravo Posts: 1,950 ✭✭✭

    Au-50, Au55? Just guessing. Great looking examples!

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  • The_Dinosaur_ManThe_Dinosaur_Man Posts: 998 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Quality coins! They must look nice in hand.

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  • CatbertCatbert Posts: 7,353 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 12, 2022 12:49PM

    @Walkerguy21D said:

    @rays said:
    Nice greenie

    That's what I've been debating - assuming it's natural, and I'm leaning toward that it is, that is a scarce and highly desirable condition.
    I would love to see that coin in hand!

    Yes, that green color is unusual! Not sure about it too. The weak strike from later die emission.

    I think this design period is wonderful. I own an 1840 (BN) too. Love it!

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  • BoxerglueBoxerglue Posts: 6 ✭✭

    Love the patina on the 1840! That green really helps the eye appeal, imho.

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  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,169 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Tougher dates and they're beautiful too! I see what you mean about the "look" on the 1843... subtle mint luster in the devices... very nice.

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  • scotty4449scotty4449 Posts: 717 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yeah, I agree with the rest. I really like them both!

  • HoledandCreativeHoledandCreative Posts: 2,805 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A pair of very nice 63s.

  • gumby1234gumby1234 Posts: 5,591 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmski52 said:
    Maybe I'm too critical. They are MS-61BN and MS-64BN. I submitted the 1840 myself, and the 1842 was already graded.

    Over time, I was having difficulty finding the look I wanted, and both of these aren't quite what I was looking for, but I bit the bullet anyways because they were better than the alternatives that I had come across.

    Thanks for the inputs, guys.

    I was hoping for something like this:

    They look really nice and how old copper coins should look. I'm not big on copper but these are exactly what I would get for color and condition Very nice.

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  • AotearoaAotearoa Posts: 1,516 ✭✭✭✭✭

    In my opinion... they're both beautiful.

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  • dcarrdcarr Posts: 8,697 ✭✭✭✭✭

    1840: MS63BN

    This is a wild guess:
    1842: PR62BN

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  • jedmjedm Posts: 3,066 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like 'em both. The '42 is my favorite, but they're both interesting in their own way. If they were mine they'd make the rest of my large cents look like some real turds in comparison.

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,651 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Love the red look on that 1840

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    They are both very nice coins... Aesthetically, I prefer the 1842... Cheers, RickO

  • erwindocerwindoc Posts: 5,189 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Green toning that is not PVC is rare on copper. You have something special on the 1840!

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