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1911 Canadian Large Cent

cameron12xcameron12x Posts: 1,384 ✭✭✭
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Just on a whim I bid on this coin and won it at a local auction:

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Sorry in advance for the photo quality. The coin is in a plastic slab and makes the obverse look dull.

Any thoughts on a grade and what it might be worth?

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  • DoubleEagle59DoubleEagle59 Posts: 8,429 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not counting the PVC spots, the coin could be as high as an ms64 Brown or Red/Brown.
    "Gold is money, and nothing else" (JP Morgan, 1912)

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  • cameron12xcameron12x Posts: 1,384 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Not counting the PVC spots, the coin could be as high as an ms64 Brown or Red/Brown. >>

    Thanks for the feedback. I believe there is more detail in the obverse than what the photo indicates.

    How much would a coin like this be worth, notwithstanding the PVC spots? With the PVC spots?
  • DoubleEagle59DoubleEagle59 Posts: 8,429 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Canadian trends for a problem free ms64 RED is $135.

    The Cdn large cent market is very depressed and over saturated in my opinion.

    You'd be lucky to get 60% of $135 for it and that's a red coin!

    Yours is brown and with problems, so I would value it at $40 maximum.
    "Gold is money, and nothing else" (JP Morgan, 1912)

    "“Those who sacrifice liberty for security/safety deserve neither.“(Benjamin Franklin)

    "I only golf on days that end in 'Y'" (DE59)
  • candy2012mustangcandy2012mustang Posts: 479 ✭
    soak it in acetone
  • olmanjonolmanjon Posts: 1,187 ✭
    Nice coin-however quite common for those who collect canadian large cents. Go to this website for all you ever wanted to know about them.
    http://canadiancoppercoins.com/
    Proud recipiant of the Lord M "you suck award-March-2008"
    http://bit.ly/bxi7py
  • YQQYQQ Posts: 3,423 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Dbl Eagle,
    I believe you are very liberal with MS 64..
    Maybe at ICG, but certainly not at ICCS or CCCS
    H
    Today is the first day of the rest of my life
  • YQQYQQ Posts: 3,423 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Dbl Eagle,
    I believe you are very liberal with MS 64..
    Maybe at ICG, but certainly not at ICCS or CCCS
    H
    Today is the first day of the rest of my life
  • sylsyl Posts: 1,042 ✭✭✭
    Definite wear in the crown, making it an AU. Then it would be sure to have either corrosion or environmental damage on the holder. It's still a nice coin to have in someone's hands, but not very valuable.... it's a pretty common coin.
  • cameron12xcameron12x Posts: 1,384 ✭✭✭
    Thanks all of you for your help!

    I paid $7 USD for it...
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