a little help on some large cents
achtey
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Howdy,
I went over to my grandfathers house today and he gave me a shoebox full of coins and said I could have them so, not thinking much of it, I brought the box home not having looked inside first. There are a ton of coins in this thing and I haven't the foggiest idea on some of them, ok, most of them. I know that I came across a box full of large cents and I'm not sure how to go about estimating a grade on them. I was hoping that some of you could lend me a hand. There are probably 50ish cents in this box. Here are a couple examples of one of the worst conditions and one of the better ones. Most of the coins are closer to the better one. Let me know what you think. Thanks in advance.
Achtey
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Damaged coins are worth a lot less than problem free coins. Your 1807 is nice except for the giant gash on the obverse.
PCGS will encapsulate it, but with a Details label without a grade (for example: Fine Details, Damaged).
You can search for key dates - maybe you got lucky?
To get an idea of the coins grade, you can use PCGS Photograde
pcgs.com/photograde/
1803 Good details, damage.
1855 VF
1846 VG
Condition is critical, but so are the dates and varieties with large cents. Problems can be forgiven (to some extent) on the early dates, or rare varieties. The later dates, like the 1855 shown, are generally higher in grade due to less time in circulation, and were struck good quality planchets. so finding these nice is not a problem.
If you have any that are both early dates AND nice condition, you have something!
Good luck and enjoy treasure hunting through that box.
The 1803 appears to be an S-251 in worn & damaged condition.
There is a good example of this variety on CoinFacts for small date,
small fraction varieties. It is considered an R. 2 in rarity. Your piece
may be an example of the die sinking above "STATES".
There are a few examples of this coin var. shown at Heritage Auctions
and one in a details NGC, a G-8, sold for $65.
The 1855 Lg cent is a slanted 5 variety as opposed to an upright 5.
The slanted are just a bit more sought after, but for higher grades.
Your piece in it's condition is probably worth about $10-15, if that.
Use the PCGS CoinFacts sight to look up your other coins. It has examples
of most of what you are looking for, gives some info. about them & has
a price list section, as well as some examples of auction prices they
have sold for.
R.I.P. Bear
thank you guys! I had never heard of the pgcs photo grade but I've downloaded it and it's a pretty nice app. I'm just not all that familiar with large cents so thank you all for your help and input.
A large box of coins? Sounds like fun.... Please keep us posted as to what you find.... Cheers, RickO