i am not sure what variety this coin is, this coin looks like it has the spur over the letter E in CENT on the reverse, however, the date position does not look right for variety N-36. any opinions on what the variety of this coin is?
It may very well be a 36. I can't tell from the reverse, but it does look as though there is a hub defect above star 10.
No, I think you need the book for this, there are several varites which are close by date position. This is a late die stage, but no cud, so the die state actually probably hurts the value, although on a coin like this its probably does not matter. The late die stage is one thing that rules out n36, that was a short marriage with n9 being latter for the reverse and the even n9s in late stage are not the worn.
51's are tough to attribute. Theres a lot to look through. I'd trust Beef's and Mark's opinions over my own on these.
thanks for the reply and the information about the coin. i think i will just focus on draped bust cents for now, the late date and middle date large cents don't seem to be worth much unless they are in higher grades, even the rare varieties don't seem to have much value in lower grade coins.
Except the 48 in f12 I just sold for $340... Suit yourself, but it's knowledge more than blanket assumptions that have value. Oh, and I paid $20 for the coin. Regardless of which portion of large cents you focus on, buy the books, they seem expensive but pay for the selfs quickly.
http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=75&lot=298 Price not up yet, but it hammered today for 11,000.
yeah, there are a few exceptions to anything, however, what are the odds of finding an 1825 n-5 cent that has not been attributed?
5 have been found in a year. While any given variety is rare, there are a lot of rare varieties. the odds of finding any rare variety are actually pretty good.
