A nice little 1794 Large Cent

Even with these problems, these coins cost more than lottery ticket. Most dealers know what they have when they sell raw problem coins. The dealers who can’t grade usually don’t stay in business for very long.

Making money in the coin business is tough unless you have a big marketing budget aimed are selling over graded junk and Chinese counterfeits to suckers who buy off the Internet and from the TV barkers.

 

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I’m now home, so here’s a better set of pics

 

Nice pickup.

 

I like it. I'd say it's a EAC 45, Net 25. Of course the TPGs won't straight-grade this because the niche of Early Copper is really outside their business model. That pit on the reverse is probably a planchet flaw.

As for the degree of abuse being out of sync with the degree of wear, I have a beat up 1794 S-65 that I call a F-12, Net G-6 and looks like it was run over by a beer carter on the cobblestones of Philadelphia. At least, that's the story I like to imagine.

 

I was thinking EAC 45/30, so at least I am pretty close

 

I was thinking that due to the lack of metal movement on each of them. There are a couple more on the obverse as well

 

The one by ME, probably. The one by OF I don't think so.

 

I played around with the lighting a bit. This is how she looks in hand:

 

Is that a 1795 head on there or 1793 on the coin? nevermind no its 1794 hook on lowest curl it says..

 

I'll buy them for fifty bucks then I'll pay a fortune to grade them maybe .cool coins tho.

 

I love this sight cause if you makes spelling mistake you can edit right away and no one will catch it.l
Ol I should of did this with my famouse 1942 brass cent when I put the famouse1943.lol

 

Update. Got the grade I expected but not the reason I expected. Makes my wonder if it would straight grade if resubmitted...

 

I guess they though the fairly deep pits on the reverse were once filled by corroded metal.

 

Do the TPG’s use the “environmental damage” label to encompass any manner of damage that isn’t specific? I too have a nice 1794 cent that has lovely details but the surface is porous. I fully expected environmental damage on the label when I sent it in. I know your concern was the pit on the reverse.... In my mind, I don’t see that as environmental damage. So now I am wondering if this is a catch all label for the TPG’s.

 

Yeah I wouldn’t have expected that either