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1795 reeded edge large cent
wayne88
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I have a 1795 reeded edge large cent. Could someone tell me more about it and how much it may be worth. My number is 8568722670. You can text me. I can email pics or send pics.
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you post pics here, you'll find out what you want to know
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As for value, you didn't state a condition, but that is rather irrelevant.
If your piece is genuine, it is quite valuable, but to determine how valuable, it needs to be authenticated and sold at a major auction.
Please keep us all informed of this interesting coin!
<< <i>I'm using my Phone to do this. Is there anyone I can text the pics to and they could somewhow post them for me on here so everyone can see >>
send em to my email oldcollectorcoins@gmail.com
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<< <i>Thanks just sent the pics. >>
not a 1795 Large Cent S-79 reeded edge, the diagnostics are unmistakable. here is one of the thread's i've posted with 1795 reeded edge images in, can't find the good one i posted a lot of my images in><
<< <i>Are there actual reeds on the edge...not the front or back but the side of the coin or is it smooth on the side? >>
i am pretty sure i read that even the reeded edge examples have virtually no and/or actually no reeds left due to the wear on the coins
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<< <i>So any clue as to which one this actually is. I can email a pic of the sides >>
no need for pics of the edge/side
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<< <i>You can faintly see the reeded edge. Even though the coin is worn does that hurt the value a lot. What makes this coin different from the 1795 s79 you were talking about >>
there were never any reeds on that coin. you may see the dentils from the front/back obverse/reverse though
the reeded edge is speculated to be a trial run to possibly test against combating counterfeits, scraping, shaving etc of the coin
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Ed. S.
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To determine what any coin is worth, you need to assess the condition, of which wear is one component. If you look at PCGS Photograde (link to Liberty Cap Large Cents), you'll see that your coin has the details that are about the same as the VG08 coin. You'll also notice, however that the picture of the VG08 coin shows a nice, smooth, chocolate planchet with no pitting or corrosion. Your coin, unfortunately, is badly corroded, so it would not be graded VG08 by PCGS. Fortunately, the collector segment that deals with early copper coins is used to accommodating negative attributes when it comes to arriving at a "net" grade. An EAC member will undoubtedly correct me (I hope), but your coin would be called something like "VG8 details, net AG3, corroded." In this case, the value of the coin would be more in line with what an AG3 without problems would be worth -- something like $200-300 retail. It could be with the heavy corrosion that the net grade is FR2, which would put the value lower. A coin with VG8 details that looks like the one in the Photograde picture is a $600-700 coin.
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<< <i>You guys can say what you want andi know.I'm no coin expert but I think I may have one of only a few of these that exist. I took a magnifying glass and held it under a bright light. You can see up close that the edges are reeded. The reason I had. To get a magnifying glass is because the coin is worn pretty good. Its definately not a lettered edge and definately not a plain edge. >>
as i said earlier this coin can be verified without ever looking at the edge and especially with the S-79 because of the vast difference in diagnostics
i am 100% without any chance of doubt, speculation or otherwise absolutely definitively confident your coin is not the reeded edge Sheldon 79
the only two ways i can even think that coin would have a reeded edge is if GOD or some hobo put it there but it STILL wouldn't be an S-79 even with reeds
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<< <i>You guys can say what you want andi know.I'm no coin expert but I think I may have one of only a few of these that exist. I took a magnifying glass and held it under a bright light. You can see up close that the edges are reeded. The reason I had. To get a magnifying glass is because the coin is worn pretty good. Its definately not a lettered edge and definately not a plain edge. >>
as i said earlier this coin can be verified without ever looking at the edge and especially with the S-79 because of the vast difference in diagnostics
i am 100% without any chance of doubt, speculation or otherwise absolutely definitively confident your coin is not the reeded edge Sheldon 79
the only two ways i can even think that coin would have a reeded edge is if GOD or some hobo put it there but it STILL wouldn't be an S-79 even with reeds
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Your coin may well have a reeded edge, but the reeding may have been added sometime after the coin left the mint.
To be worth the big bucks, it needs to be the S-79 variety with reeded edge, since that is a known variety.
If you compare your photo with the photos in the other thread, you can see that the top part of the 5 in your date overlaps the base of the neck by about 30%,
while in the S-79 variety, the tip of the 5 barely touches the neck. So yours isn't a S-79. Maybe a S-76 as suggested in another post.
You can also compare the location of the Y in LIBERTY relative to the head - yours is too far to the right.
You need a copy of a good attribution book or a good website to identify these varieties.
yours (S-76?)
S-79
waiting for LanceNewman to post the photos!
<< <i>Looks like the count of officially known specimens stays unchanged, but it was fun for a while.....I kept hitting refresh every couple of minutes
waiting for LanceNewman to post the photos! >>
i was looking for that older thread cuz i swear i posed them, i swear!
it was just that i was simply doing too many things last evening and after a few minutes gave up looking for that thread.
i guess i could just keep posting those images, but it seems to me they may start to lose their mystique
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<< <i>Are there actual reeds on the edge...not the front or back but the side of the coin or is it smooth on the side? >>
i am pretty sure i read that even the reeded edge examples have virtually no and/or actually no reeds left due to the wear on the coins
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there is at least 1 example that shows the reed nice and clear in the link to my other thread.
yaya i know, i told them, shhh
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moved to my thread of goodies since i'll be adding plenty of other interesting coins. nice to have them all together
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<< <i>You guys can say what you want andi know.I'm no coin expert but I think I may have one of only a few of these that exist. I took a magnifying glass and held it under a bright light. You can see up close that the edges are reeded. The reason I had. To get a magnifying glass is because the coin is worn pretty good. Its definately not a lettered edge and definately not a plain edge. >>
One thing you have to understand about early coinage is they were often beat up and abused in their time circulating and silver/gold coins were often shaved, mutilated, filled with some other metal and likewise to make a few extra bucks that made it worth to go through the effort back then. However, considering the coin is copper, it is unlikely someone was trying to make a quick dollar by shaving metal off. My guess is it was done post-discovery of the reeded edge variety, whenever that occurred. Just because the coin has reeds on the edge does not mean it could not have been applied by someone trying to pass it off as a reeded edge cent.
Has anyone ever verified or disproven the rumor of a mint state coin over in Europe somewhere?
<< <i>Nice 'collection' Lance - I can tell you spent some time researching and tracking all those down!
Has anyone ever verified or disproven the rumor of a mint state coin over in Europe somewhere? >>
quiet an adventure it was. the challenge becomes #9. guess i'll start on the provenance for each sooner or later and cross referencing catalogs.
i've not heard confirmation one way or the other regarding any other examples, just rumors.