Anything special about this date thingy? 1847 Lg. Cent

guitarwes

Enlighten me......

clarkbar04

I dunno but it sure is cool!

Definitely something going on there.

commoncents05

Looks like a repunched date to me.

-Paul

guitarwes

Anybody have the 1st Ed. CPG? Is this one in there?


wes

PerryHall

Double punched date. Really neat coin. What are those white specks?

BlindedByEgo

Neat RPD. Seen quite a few 47's with repunching, some with a slightly different configuration. Looks like smoeone needs to brush their copper

guitarwes

<< <i>Double punched date. Really neat coin. What are those white specks? >>




Don't know what the specks are. ? I thought it was corrosion. How do you brush them off? With camel hair or something like that Longacre has been talking about?


It's neat how the repunching is at the bottom left of every number.



MikeinFl said it was a N-1 (R-2). Thanks again Mike.

pb2y

<< <i>Double punched date. Really neat coin. What are those white specks? >>



The white spots are Dellers residue
Your coin is a Newcomb 1
She is a sweet old keeper

RichieURich

As pb2y said, this coin is an N-1, repunched date. It is the copper equivalent to the 1849 Doubled Date half dollar (sometimes called the "dramatically doubled date" which is a $2,000 coin even in Good condition. The 1847 N-1 cent is much more reasonable. (and here is the shameless self-promotion part of the post: I do have a nice AU-55 1847 N-1 cent on my website.)