Matron head large cent -- guess the grade (revealed at bottom)
MikeInFL
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Here's the newest addition to my redbook variety large cent collection. Please guess the grade that the new ANACS gave it:
Ridiculously large photos available here and here.
Please feel free, as always, to comment on the coin -- both the "good" and the "bad" are always welcomed.
Take care...Mike
Ridiculously large photos available here and here.
Please feel free, as always, to comment on the coin -- both the "good" and the "bad" are always welcomed.
Take care...Mike
Collector of Large Cents, US Type, and modern pocket change.
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eye appeal killer
originality superb
I like the coin - It's got the look I like and is in the realm of condition that I like for Matron head cents.
Hoot
Nothing bad to say about that 1828 copper. What a choice piece! Wow. ANACS called it EF-45.
There is one negative about this coin: it isn't mine.
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
ANACS XF45
looks like a nice planchet, are these tough to find with a good planchet? Or is that the earlier coppers?
Obviously, I'm not too familiar with this type of cent, but I'd say ANACS graded it EF-45.
Lincoln set Colorless Set
Nice looking and clean coin -l ooks like an N-3. Some flatness on the high points. Good even color and minimal marks. By EAC standards I'd grade it close to a VF 30. ANACs maybe a 45.
vf+++++/xf
<< <i>looks like a nice planchet, are these tough to find with a good planchet? Or is that the earlier coppers? >>
These are tough to find on nice planchets, but nowhere near as hard as say the classic-head large cents of 1808-1814. In general these are much tougher to find that you may think...Mike
I will say 50 on the coin and 70 on the image.
Ed. S.
(EJS)
ANACS graded the coin XF 45. Congrats to Numisma for being the first to guess it correctly. 1798centcollector nailed the variety -- N-3. The N-3 diagnostics are Obverse: T in LIBERTY lower than R, and tops of BER strongly repunched; Reverse: Last A far away from stem and centered between dentils, AME equally spaced, the feet of TA are apart, and the feet of AT almost touch.
My subjective opinion on the coin: It has great color and just a touch of luster in the more protected areas. The coin is a bit more "brown" in hand than the photos, but like much old copper, its color changes with light type and angle of incidence. There is a touch of flash to the fields. There coin obviously circulated, and bears the small ticks, taps, and old scratches consistent with a soft copper coin that spent time in circulation, but nothing worrisome. I'm not a proficient EAC grader, but I do believe that this coin is way above average for the normal EAC VF/TPG XF grade. Not an expensive coin -- PCGS lists the value at $100 in VF and $275 in XF -- and not being an EAC insider, nice coins in this grade range coins are very, very hard to find. In fact this is the nicest VF/XF matron head large cent I've seen offered for sale in six months.
As an aside, I really think that the new ANACS is doing a good job with grading large cents as far as consistency is concerned. They also do a much better job in weeding out problematic coins than NGC does, although I think they still lag PCGS by a small bit.
Again, thanks for the comments...Mike