Large Cent Question?

MillerJW

Saw this for sale and was wondering how this was a MS66RD??? It looks really worn down to me

doh

As a restrike, it's not wear, it's just strike quality.

rays

Struck from severely rusted dies. BTW, it's not an official mint product.

From Coinfacts:

The "Restrike" combines an altered obverse of 1803 Sheldon 261 and a reverse of 1820 Newcomb 12 (Sheldon mis-identified it as a die of 1818; Dr. Charles McGirk mis-identified it as a reverse of 1810). This reverse die was also used to "restrike" 1810 Large Cents in Tin.

MillerJW

Very cool thanks for the info!

rays

I wouldn't mind winning that lot-- I've seen some high grade examples but never an MS66RED. This one could go for as much as $5k.

MillerJW

I checked the cert number and pcgs came back with POP 1 with 0 higher and 0 lower ??? That cant be right can it??