A Mint State 1802 Large Cent, My Second "Big Purchase" at the Tampa Show

BillJones

As a type collector, I am pretty much limited to upgrades these days since I have a complete type set up to 1964 as defined by the NGC Registry. This piece "spoke to me" as soon as I saw it. It is an 1802 Draped Bust large cent in PCGS MS-63, Brown, CAC. The coin has flawless brown surfaces, lots of mint luster and tiny hints of mint red on the reverse. It was an upgrade from the AU-58 I had in this slot.

This is an S-232, which is a very common Sheldon variety. It is in the lower end of the condition census. It is interesting to compare grading systems. This piece, as an MS-63 met my and CAC's expectations. Yet the "EAC grading system" calls it an AU-55. Before you get too excited, and EAC dealer will still charge you Unc. money. "If the alligators don't get you, the mosquitoes will." "There is no Santa Claus in numismatics."

Here is the piece that it displaced. Both pieces fit in my collection because I am working on a one a year date set of cents from 1793 to date.

jclovescoins

Very nice

Manifest_Destiny

Nice looking coin!

spacehayduke

As usual Bill there is one word to describe your newps: Incredible!

jacrispies

Looks phenomenal! Certainly a notable upgrade, with the new coin a premium example altogether. Well done!

"There is no Santa Claus in numismatics." Dang it!!!!

Cougar1978

Wow really nice.

RLSnapper

Congrats. I like that it has some remaining mint red in the devices.

braddick

Absolulutely gorgeous.

johnny9434

nice purchase. i like the half cents as well

MarkKelley

Both coins are very nice. I wouldn't turn either one down.

Copperindian

Beautiful coin; congrats on your purchase! For some of us, Tampa was a pretty good show.

Colonialcoin

@BillJones said:
As a type collector, I am pretty much limited to upgrades these days since I have a complete type set up to 1964 as defined by the NGC Registry. This piece "spoke to me" as soon as I saw it. It is an 1802 Draped Bust large cent in PCGS MS-63, Brown, CAC. The coin has flawless brown surfaces, lots of mint luster and tiny hints of mint red on the reverse. It was an upgrade from the AU-58 I had in this slot.

This is an S-232, which is a very common Sheldon variety. It is in the lower end of the condition census. It is interesting to compare grading systems. This piece, as an MS-63 met my and CAC's expectations. Yet the "EAC grading system" calls it an AU-55. Before you get too excited, and EAC dealer will still charge you Unc. money. "If the alligators don't get you, the mosquitoes will." "There is no Santa Claus in numismatics."

Here is the piece that it displaced. Both pieces fit in my collection because I am working on a one a year date set of cents from 1793 to date.

Your eye is second to none. That is a wonderful coin!

CaptHenway

Now you're just showing off.........

P0CKETCHANGE

A well selected upgrade. Congrats.

pursuitofliberty

Great pickup Bill! Love them both but the new 1802 is a lovely piece!

ThreeCentSilverFL

Nice. Real nice.

golden

Very nice Large Cent.

rays

That S-232 looks to be ex: Doug Bird, and if so, is graded as AU55 by Noyes and tied for finest known with three others.

I love the late die state.

Beautiful coin.

Raybo

I love old copper.

alaura22

Congrats Bill, great addition to the collection
Edited to add
Did I miss your 1st big purchase at the Tampa show?

asheland

That is awesome! Congratulations.

BillJones

@alaura22 said:
Congrats Bill, great addition to the collection
Edited to add
Did I miss your 1st big purchase at the Tampa show?

The Gobrecht Dollar? Maybe. I spotted it on Thursday morning. It had been offered on the Internet, but I didn’t spot using that initially.

CopperLad

Both are great coins, but your newest purchase is fantastic.
Just roughly, is your new coin’s value about double your old coin’s value?
Purchase price isn’t my business, just wondering about relative price.

breakdown

Great coin - the reverse cud is a nice bonus.

Have never collected copper so always find the EAC grading scale a mystery. Just what do they require to consider a coin uncirculated?

DCW

Congrats, and both pieces are very eye appealing!

Walkerfan

Lovely, high-end, Large cent.

Glad that you still have room for the other cent that it replaced, as it is a different variation.

BillJones

@CopperLad said:
Both are great coins, but your newest purchase is fantastic.
Just roughly, is your new coin’s value about double your old coin’s value?
Purchase price isn’t my business, just wondering about relative price.

It's way more than double. Once you get to Mint State in this area, the prices go up geometrically for each MS grading point.

Price out an MS-67 Indian Cent to see what I mean.

alaura22

@BillJones said:

@alaura22 said:
Congrats Bill, great addition to the collection
Edited to add
Did I miss your 1st big purchase at the Tampa show?

The Gobrecht Dollar? Maybe. I spotted it on Thursday morning. It had been offered on the Internet, but I didn’t spot using that initially.

Bill
Do you have a thread for the Gobrecht Dollar?
I missed it if you did

BillJones

@alaura22 said:

@BillJones said:

@alaura22 said:
Congrats Bill, great addition to the collection
Edited to add
Did I miss your 1st big purchase at the Tampa show?

The Gobrecht Dollar? Maybe. I spotted it on Thursday morning. It had been offered on the Internet, but I didn’t spot using that initially.

Bill
Do you have a thread for the Gobrecht Dollar?
I missed it if you did

I don’t know how to link with an iPad within a website. The title is “A high grade 1839 Gobrecht Dollar.”

alaura22

Found it and posted
Thanks