1864 bronze cent - L or not L?

coppercoins

Can't quite seem to figger this one out. Is this an L cent or a normal bronze?

fcloud

No L
The tip of the bust is not pointed enought.

BlindedByEgo

<< <i>No L
The tip of the bust is not pointed enought. >>





You beat me to it!

dbldie55

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<< <i>No L
The tip of the bust is not pointed enought. >>





You beat me to it! >>

coppercoins

Okay, that's good enough...thanks.

Since I couldn't see the end of the bust due to corrosion and pitting, I was unsure. Not a bad pull from a 3 cent per bag bunch of wheats.

Lakesammman

At that grade, does it matter??

coppercoins

<< <i>At that grade, does it matter?? >>



If an L coin it would fill a hole for a collector at $5 or $10. Many would be happy to have such a rarity at a cheap price.

Some of us don't have thousands to spend on single coins and are still shoestring budget collectors.

BuffaloIronTail

C. D.....................Your right...........Sometimes I can't even afford shoestrings.........

Pete

WaterSport

Hold on everyone. Not so fast. Pointed bust or not, it is not extended beyond the date like a non "L" should. Chuck if you can see any signs ofa repunched date, its a "L".

WS

BillJones

I don't see an "L," and if the "L" is not visible, it doesn't count, at least the buy-sell point of view.

As an aside, I'd say that it's not nice to laugh at other's coins. You might say that the coin is not very attractive and explain why, but I don't think it's a good idea to offend a beginning collector, if that is the case here.