Hi, Recently got this for about 130 USD in a part of a large lot at an auction. Was considering sending this in to PCGS, I would appreciate it if anyone can help me decide what grade it might get. Thanks in advance!
@Pickin and Grinin, should I send it into NCS? What do you think it would grade at without the carbon spots? MS? Thanks
Honestly I don't collect them and wouldn't know a tpgs grade on them. I do know that carbon spots can hold them back a grade or two. Yours is a real nice example,
Very dark photo, but there looks NOT to be wear in the key spots like Brit's hand, shoulder, knee, helm & Vick's hair & cheek look good, rim edges clean and sharp with fields looking pretty good (would be hard to see any hairlines in this exposure) . I'd go 62-3 Brown.
I think many who have not ventured out of the realm of US coins don't realize how beautiful English / British copper can be. (The last copper penny was 1860; later they were bronze.) For those who can't afford to make the leap to the relatively inexpensive Victoria penny, there is always the less expensive (but just as spectacular) half-penny and farthing. Although I don't collect coins, I appreciate this price guide by Tony Clayton (who sometimes contributes here). http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk/values/penny.html (Don't forget prices are in pounds, not dollars. British grading standards are a lot more strict, however.) Thank you for posting this penny. Although 1857 is a little too modern for me, having such a nice coin that pre-dates the American Civil War is cool. (British Prime Minster Lord Palmerston 1855-58 and 1859-1865 as Secretary at War 1820.)
