New for type set: 1795 cent, guess the grade and variety?

Baley

What do you think? Keeper?

GaCoinGuy

No idea on the variety...but I like it. It sure looks better than my worn slick 03 large cent.

Barry

G-6.

Keeper? Not sure, depends what you're looking for.

WHat set is this for? My 7070 doesn't have holes for a lot of the really old stuff I like...

Baley

It's intended for the upper right hand space in this book:

airplanenut

Not a keeper... for you. I'd like that one

AuldFartte

Definitely not a keeper, Baley.

Sorry

I'll PM you my address so you can get rid of it

1234567890

I wish I had one that nice.

Barry

That's one book I won't be filling. There are limits to what I'll crack out for an album. My Chain and Wreath Cent fall in that category!

dorkkarl

i think hold out for a better specimen.

K S

rhedden

S78, net VG7. Cool coin.

BillJones

Here's an 1795, S-78 cent in PCGS AU-50.

These coins are nice, but the art work on the 1794, Head of '94 cents was better.

Baley

Thanks for your comments everyone, yes it's an S-78, a variety of the plain edge type.
ANACS had graded the coin G-6 (spot on, Barry!). I do think I will keep it, as my main criteria for this coin (the first I've owned of this type) were a fully outlined head and hat on the obverse with a strong date and Liberty, the nice hair detail (for the grade) and a bit of neck, eye, and ear detail is a bonus. For the reverse I wanted to be able to read "one cent" and see the wreath and berries, to me this was more important than a complete U S of A legend (although when I go to upgrade, I will want that, too; this one, you can almost make out the inner half of United and America, and the fraction, if you tilt the coin and squint ) The surfaces are dark mahogany brown with very light porosity, and there are a few rim bumps and other circulation marks indicating the coin "paid it's dues" in commerce when our country was young.

Baley

BillJones, beautiful coin in a grade I aspire to own someday.

so, does anyone else have a cent of this type they'd like to show?

if not, ttt anyway for a cool old coin, sorry if this bumps a "drama thread" off the first page

stman

Hmmm, a coin post cool. I'll be wanting one of these myself to go with my 1795 silver set. Enjoy!!!!

BillJones

Thanks, Bailey

Sadly I used to own a S-76b in MS-60, brown, (EAC standards, slab standards, MS-63, brown) that I foolishly sold to buy another coin. I wish I still had that one. It was much nicer than this one.

I have not sold much stuff that I later regreted from a PURELY collector point of view, but that was one example.