more Photo This is not my coins it belongs to my son in law. It has been in his family for a long time. The coins have been passed down to him from way back.
Plain cords variety. Well-rounded bust, N7 also the dot in Cent. Pretty common coin. Price would be ~$20.00 - $25.00
Still a nice problem free almost 171 year old copper , in very nice condition , suprised it's that inexspensive . rzage
Cheryl, That is a very nice and fairly problem-free example of the date, and one I would be proud to own. Well, well above average...Mike
I just went back to the greysheet to see about the pricing. I have this coin at VF. Greysheet list it at $52.00. I went down the F column initially sorry for the mistake. Yep I do make them, I blame it on my trifocals and fat fingers. Greysheet list this coin in Fine at $28.00. Dealers generally pay, at least from what I have found about 20-25% back of these prices depending on the eye appeal and the commonitity ( is that a word?) of the piece.
Thanks everyone for you opinions. I would like to have this coin too. But it has to go back to the son-in-law. It has been it the family for many years. He will put it back in the gun safe. Thans again. Cheryl
Does he have it in a 2x2 or something to protect it? If not offer to holder it for him to keep it from getting more handling wear.
Does he have it in a 2x2 or something to protect it? If not offer to holder it for him to keep it from getting more handling wear. I like that. His coins are in a kitchen storage bag then put in a canvas bag, So I will put the coin in a 2X2 for him. Cheryl
Heck yeah ! Nice coin ! :thumb: On this coin, I can't tell the difference between N-7 and N-8 (both R-1). Noyes says the difference is not the punched die per se, but rather the die state (odd). EDS (dies scratches) is N-8, LDS (heavily lapped) is N-7. Even a nice VF like this is too worn for me to tell the difference.
When Newcomb wrote his book he thought the N-7 and N-8 were from different die pairs. Later research showed that the N-7 was actually just a late die state of N-8 and N-7 has since been de-listed. The coin from the original post is a "N-7". Tye late state can be determined by the fact that the denticals especially on the reverse are almost gone.
Thanks, Conder ! Question : did the "later research" come after Noyes' publication ? I presume so, since he still lists N-7 and N-8. Is there a newer edition of the Noyes book laying this out ? I also presumes delisting N-7 means we treat this variety like most others - die differences as made are varieties, die states are not.
This is an intriguing coin. Usually, when there is a design change, it is very abrupt. Decisive. For instance, Large 1c -> Flying Eagle -> Indian Head -> Lincoln. There's no confusing them; each design looks radically different from its predecessor. But here's what's cool about these 1836-1839 Large Cents : the change from Matron Head to Braided Hair is gradual. It slowly evolves from the 1816 look to the 1840's look. In fact, this 1837 looks more like the Braided Hair than the Matron to me. I think it would be interesting to collect a variety of Large Cents in the period 1836-1839 just to see that evolution.
