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Cladiator
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Would you pay $100 for a somewhat common date Coronet Large Cent in sold VF with a PQ look?
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Tom, formerly in Albuquerque, NM.
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EAC grade vf
EAC price XF+
I was an EAC member in the early/mid '90s, and am thinking of rejoining, so hopefully I qualify....
If the image of the 1838 is accurate, I would definitely say it is not worth the $100 price. Sharpness is about an EAC VF20, perhaps a little less, and the color is a very (in my opinion) dark and unattractive brown. Not a PQ look, in my opinion. Cents of 1838 seem to be a bit difficult to find with nice color, especially when compared to the surrounding years. I haven't checked it for die variety, so I can't comment on any variety premium, but there are a couple of goodies from this year. Judging by the picture, I would definitely pass. I saw a much nicer 1838 at a local coin show a few months back with a price tag of $80.
Seems like nice, middle-grade large cents are pretty difficult to find- you can find lots of mint-state and low-grade pieces, but the middle-grade pieces seem to be all locked-up. Whenever I am looking for nice large cents, good color is probably the most important factor to me, regardless of the grade. There are mint state dogs and really pretty G-4 pieces out there. Here is one of my personal favorites, an 1835 N-6, purchased as VF-25 at EAC '98 in Cincinatti. Image is a bit overexposed, but it gives you an idea of the color (tilt your computer screen back, so its a bit darker, and its much more accurate)
This is the type of piece for which I would pay a premium.
Hope this helps...
Alan
<< <i>Here are some photos of the coin. I'd love to hear your opinions. As I said before I know very little about these. >>
That picture looks like one of the recent Heritage ones, and is probably not a good representation of the color of the coin at all. Their new pictures really stink for old copper.
That being said the coin doesn't seem to have enough detail to be worth much more than $50 (provided it's not a rare variety)...Mike
From the pics, I am not sure that your coin would go VF and am fairly certain that it doesn't deserve a PQ designation--unless, of course--your are selling not buying.