New Large Cents - 1806, 1842

jmski52

Sorry for the bad photos - especially on the 1806, the lens reflection keeps getting in the way and the surface of the NGC slab is marred. I'm really tempted to crack them out just to see the coins better.

I bought these from Tom Reynolds at the show in St. Charles last weekend.

guitarwes

Very nice old coppers. Nicely struck and nice planchet on that '06.

indeetlib

Two great looking large cents. That 1842 is really well struck.

The 1806 looks like it would benefit from having some time out of the slab. Could use a nice brushing I'm surprised Tom didn't do that himself.

Congrats on the pickups.

jmski52

That 1842 is really well struck.

It is pretty nice overall, imo. N-9 cc#1. I like the nice even color with some red poking through.


The 1806 looks like it would benefit from having some time out of the slab. Could use a nice brushing I'm surprised Tom didn't do that himself.

Tom actually made that same observation. I'm really considering "freeing them" because these are the only two Large Cents I own that are slabbed at this time, but Tom waffled a bit when I quizzed him about breaking them out. I might do it anyway because I enjoy having them in my grubby little hands.

ricko

Two very nice cents....that 1842 is really nice..... Cheers, RickO

Placid

Nice coins.
I use a strong flashlight for hard to get coin photos.

Walkerguy21D

Very nice.

That 1806 is a much tougher date than many people realize, if you take the early Redbook mintage figures at face value.

BillJones

Yes 1806 was long recognized as a better date ... a sort semi-key, but in recent years it has been lumped with the other common dates. The entire mintage was made from a single die pair. One sleeper date in attractive condition (Choice VF or better with hard brown surfaces) is the 1800, but no one seems recognize it as such.

coinnut

Great looking coppers you've got there.

Baley

Great coins! I've always loved the draped bust design, no matter the coin, and the 1842 has really interesting relative placement of the head and date, not a coin you see very often in that condition, congrats!

rays

You see a lot more 1802s and 1803s for every 1806 (and, for that matter, 1805) among the "common dates" draped bust cents.

TheRegulator

Really nice coppers. Probably my two favorite areas of large cents- Draped Busts and 1835-1843 Transition Heads. Gotta love those Petite Heads. I would leave that 1806 alone- looks like classic smooth surfaces with that perfect old-time look.

Type2

Nice

ElmerFusterpuck

Nice cents! Like Bill Jones and others have said, the 1806 is very tough to find half way decent. Out of the 1800's draped bust cents, I see nice, no problem 1802's and 1803's quite often. After that the sightings get pretty sporadic for the other dates. I have a NGC VF-20 1806, but nowhere near as nice as yours. It took me years to find a nice 1800 (PCGS XF-45), 1801 (PCGS F-15 100/000) and 1807 (PCGS XF-45). Somehow managed to get two nice PCGS 1805's though (VF-30 and XF-40).

1804 is in a class all by itself, maybe one day I'll get one of those.