1818 Large Cent: GTG

I bought this one raw and it was just graded. Can you guess the grade?

Some helpful hints. In hand, this coin can best be described as chocolate. The color contrast on the obverse is exaggerated in the picture. I believe the auction house did this so you could get a better view of the photo.

 

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AU58

 

Looks like a commercially graded MS63BN to me (NGC). PCGS might be a little harder on it.

 

MS63 (next time, don't have it say the grade when you click on the pic )

 

@jwitten, Ah, maybe a little trickery on my part. Remember, I bought this raw. That was my guess as to the grade and was labeled as such.

I actually changed the title of the coin in Photobucket to remove what I thought it would grade, but, it seems what you saw transferred all the way in the pdf title from my hard drive.

As a side note: I'll post the grade tomorrow morning. I hate dragging these things out...

 

@jwitten , also my apologies too. The next time I do one of these, I'll state clearly about the grade in the file title.

 

If I had to guess, I would go AU-55 BN. Just for what looks like some rub on a few of the high points.

 

MS-62 brown, would be my guess...?

 

I'd also go with 55 BN.

 

Nice coin not a huge copper fan but I do like this one.

 

63 BN

 

I'll go with AU55. That sure is a pretty penny!

 

I have to agree with AU55. What's not to love about that N-10 obverse.

 

I'll guess AU53. Nice coin.

 

Well it was deemed lightly circulated. The grade NGC gave the coin was AU58.

I bought this at Scotsman Auctions ungraded. They felt it would go MS63. Doesn't really matter. I love the coin. It's a very consistent chocolate color and is very clean. Thank you all for guessing.

 

To start, love the coin, but someone please educate me on this. This coin should have denticals and there are clear ones on the southwest of the coin. But to the northeast they are obliterated by die wear. Why does it look like it has a reeded collar clash? This coin isn't or shouldn't be reeded. Are those dental details on the rim? Stupid question maybe, I don't own one that the rim isn't worn off.

 

Yeah, I can see a AU58, but grading it seems difficult because some of that weakness is not from handling. Those old dies sure lacked quality control.

 

N-10, almost certainly a Randall Hoard coin. I don't know what Scotsman was thinking: this is what an MS63 1818 N-10 looks like:



I have the OP coin at AU55, and wonder what they were thinking at AU58. It's clearly circulated.

 

AU53

 

AU55 for me