So I just realized I bought a dupe...

lkenefic

I hadn't bought any large cents in quite some time and my local B&M usually doesn't stock much if anything. I went in the other day to see if one of the dealers had gotten anything from Long Beach and I stumbled across an 1851 LC in their roller cabinet. A quick check of my "list" indicated that I needed one. The price was right and it looks to be a solid VF coin with no problems and a nice color. I get it home and find that I already had a '51. The one that I just bought is a little nicer colorwise but my previous purchase has better details. So now what to do...sell off one...keep them both...spend one???

cullenbryant

congrats on 1210 posts. please enter me

Scioto

Please allow me to be the second to enter your most generous giveaway! Thank you for the chance!

Twincam

Third time's the charm? I'm in .

lasvegasteddy

congrats too on the 1200+ post's and count me in on the giveaway!!!!!!!!!!

Coxe

Been there a few times on impulse buys.

construct

Thanks for your kind generosity. Please include me.

RichieURich

The dealers who sell a lot of copper are always buying large cents.

dorkkarl

rid yourself of it, perhaps as trade-bait.

K S

lkenefic

<< <i>rid yourself of it, perhaps as trade-bait.

K S >>



Thanks for the CONSTRUCTIVE suggestion Karl

Seriously though, now which one would you keep. My previous purchase does have better details (VF35...maybe XF) but might have been cleaned at some point and is re-coloring. My recent purchase is a pleasant medium brown and except for a couple of face ticks is a solid VF25. I certainly wouldn't want to foist a cleaned coin on someone in a giveaway!!!

Barndog

when I get a dupe I keep the one I like better and try to find a deserving collector to purchase or trade for my "lesser" dupe. Sometimes I keep a dupe if one of the coins has special meaning to me.

mozin

Get rid of the cleaned coin.

dorkkarl

personally, i'd keep the nicely detailed coin. cleaned coins, particularly copper, usually retone nicely over time, so all you have to do is wait, but you can't do nothing about a lack of detail on a coin.

if it were say a ike dollar, i'd keep the uncleaned coin

K S

keez

When in doubt, keep them both.