How much does pitting hurt grades?

KISHU1

I see many early copper coins like this 1803 with pitting, how bad does it hurt the grading of such a coin? Or would you just call it enviormental damage.

MacCrimmon

Net AG3-Scudzy. Sharpness grade is very difficult due to the corrosion present.

Pitting/corrosion and the deduction is highly subjective (but figure 5 points for micro-granularity up to 20-25 poits for an extreme case), even moreso than strict surface grading. That said, yours is also a coin which was dug from the earth.

Leiana

What's the red stuff?

-Amanda

KISHU1

Bought this coin a long time ago as a boy and I wanted a real old coin real cheap, it cost $2. The red does not show up under normal light, only when I adjusted the brightness then it became visible. This is one of a few coins I have kept over the years and it brings back fond memories.

Frank

Cam40

wow, thats alot of corrosion there.
before it became buried and dug back up the grade
may have been about a good vf from some of the detail
i see left.
i,d buy that for $2 !