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1857 Flying Eagle Cent / undergraded ?

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  • TrooperTrooper Posts: 1,450
    I'd say it looks no better than what it is listed as...

    Tom
  • ziggy29ziggy29 Posts: 18,668 ✭✭✭
    Can't tell for sure with the small picture. It might be slightly better in terms of wear...but maybe not. And even if it is, it's kinda ugly and the color is not very nice, so I wouldn't net it out above F-12 in any event.
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,964 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This piece is corroded. Copper usually turns green although black and brick red are also possible. Copper-nickel turns black.

    No this piece is not undergraded. It's overgraded.

    Let's put it this way. If this piece were an 1856, which would make it worth slabbing, it would come back in a body bag, not a slab.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?


  • << <i>This piece is corroded. Copper usually turns green although black and brick red are also possible. Copper-nickel turns black.

    No this piece is not undergraded. It's overgraded.

    Let's put it this way. If this piece were an 1856, which would make it worth slabbing, it would come back in a body bag, not a slab. >>





    Ditto what Bill said.......not a coin for my collection, that's for sure image
  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,341 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ugly. Very poor photos. Possibly corroded surfaces. Pass.
    All glory is fleeting.

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