1830 Large Cent: What do you think?

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  1. Sunny

    Sunny New Member

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  3. Bonedigger

    Bonedigger New Member

    G#$ D@&^ I would give it the grade of CRAZY... Actually AU-5o details but when it went thru the Star Trek transporter they got the molecules all mixed up...
     
  4. mark_h

    mark_h Somewhere over the rainbow

    I agree - au details, harshly cleaned. What a shame - I really like the details on the coin.
     
  5. LSM

    LSM Collector

    Looks like the coin had some type of protective finish put on it, may varnish or clear nail polish at one time and some one tried to remove it. The coin looks AU.

    Lou
     
  6. 900fine

    900fine doggone it people like me

    What's with that ring inside the denticles ? I've never seen that.

    Looks like a counterfeit to me.
     
  7. Sunny

    Sunny New Member

    Dont think its a copy. Weight is ok (11.02 g).
    Any suggestion what I can do against the green stuff?
     
  8. mark_h

    mark_h Somewhere over the rainbow

    I haven't attributed the coin, but I have seen the ring on them before.

    What green stuff? I don't see any green stuff in the pictures. Yeah it looks cleaned, but no green stuff. I personally would not touch it any more, I would just hope that in the up coming years it would brown back up. I just do not know if it is possible at this point.
     
  9. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator


    In the pics there is nothing that is colored green. But if you see green with the coin in hand odds are it is the remains of PVC residue. That may be what someone tried to clean off. Describe to us if you can where exactly the green stuff that you see is ?
     
  10. Leadfoot

    Leadfoot there is no spoon

    AU detalis, cleaned, net VF
     
  11. Sunny

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  12. mark_h

    mark_h Somewhere over the rainbow

    You could always send it to NCS and see what they do. Just a thought.
     
  13. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator


    It could be either one. And no, ANACS would not grade it. They would body-bag the coin for environmental contamination. This is one reason why you should not purchase problem coins - no matter how good the deal sounds. You still have a problem coin when when the deal is done.
     
  14. Leadfoot

    Leadfoot there is no spoon

    Please define "problem".
     
  15. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    In this case, a coin with PVC contamination or verdigris on it.
     
  16. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    The inner ring on that coin with the ring breaking under the 8 identifies it as N-1, a common variety.
     
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