Can anybody tell me if this is a real 1804 Large Cent?

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by readyreidy, Jul 25, 2011.

  1. readyreidy

    readyreidy New Member

    I can't figure out if this is a real 1804 Large Cent. I have taken it to a few coin shops and they feel that it is an 1804. The date is kind of hard to see in the picture. Also, I don't think it is a "restrike." But I don't know. Here are the pictures. They arn't the best in the world but hopefully they will do.
    1804 large cent 1.png 1804 large cent 2.png
     
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  3. BR549

    BR549 Junior Member

    It has all the hallmarks of a once circulated large cent...if a dealer at a coin shop reports flat out it's a not a re-strike or counterfeit, it's probably a mint made product. In hand, you can tell much faster than looking at some images. It looks real enough for me.
     
  4. mark_h

    mark_h Somewhere over the rainbow

    Need clearer and larger pictures. Then someone can try to attribute the coin.
     
  5. phdunay

    phdunay Member

    It is severely damaged, it has red and green staining, tons of damage, shown by pits all over the coin. Believe it or not, I have the same coin, but in worse condition
     
  6. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    It is NOT an 1804 large cent. The 1804 comes from just one pair of dies. Two things I saw that immediately told me it wasn't an 1804, on the 04 the gap between the ends of the wreath is just a little right of being below the center of the E. On your coin it is a little left of center of the S. On the 04 the point of the outer leaf on the second leaf cluster is below the edge of the right foot of the first A in AMERICA. On yours it is midway between the F and the A. There is really no reason to examine further, it isn't an 1804.
     
  7. beef1020

    beef1020 Junior Member

    I agree with Condor, but another quick attribution is the 0 in the date is right where the 'O' in of is on the other side, which is diagnostic for 1804.
     
  8. readyreidy

    readyreidy New Member

    What year do you think it could be?
     
  9. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    Now you have asked a much tougher question. I would want better, larger pictures, and oriented properly before I would take the time to try and determine what the coin actually is.
     
  10. beef1020

    beef1020 Junior Member

    And even then it may lack enough detail to attribute.
     
  11. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    No I think there is probably enough there to attribute.
     
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