appraisal for 1848 large cent. please help!

I'm hoping someone can help me appraise this large cent. I bought it approximately 10 years ago as a child for $40.00. Admittedly I did not know much about collecting back then, and I do not know much about it now either. I would really appreciate some help. Thanks in advance!!!

 

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well is is an 1848 large cent i would say it is a Vf-30 but the color is bothering me either it was cleaned or it is just the lighting as for value wise if it isnt cleaned i would say you might get between 25-30 dollars so you really got taken when you bought it ! if i were you i would keep it for the future you never know what it will be worth!

 

Nothing on the grade or price but I DO know it's certainly cleaned.

 

Yea, the cleaning hurts the value, plus it isn't in that great of shape. You'd be lucky getting 25 today, but I think one might find a similar cent (cleaned, of that grade) at a coin show for 15.

whoever sold it to you definitely tried to hose you on it, which is sad, because you were a kid. they at least got double or triple what it was worth. if it was a coin dealer they should be ashamed.

 

Recently sold on eBay:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/Coins-US-/2..._samihi=&_sop=12&_dmd=1&_ipg=50&LH_Complete=1

 

worth maybe $5.00 to $10.00, perhaps a bit more on ebay.

 

coin looks vf to me. might or might not been cleaned. retail might be 35 or so if coin in hand looks more original than photos