1794 Liberty Cap Large Cent

I think anyone reading this would offer you more than that.

 

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...not as a "first" offer. I would be like "Pawn Stars"...

"So...what are you looking to get out of it?" :devil:

 

I'm just worried the owner of the coin went to local dealer who told her it was worth US $1200 at most. Sounds like he is trying to rip her off.

 

Looks real, looks probably improperly cleaned at some time, would not make the condition census. I don't think it would make five figures but probably high four figures. Trying to send something like this it PCGS or NGC from England is iffy. Shipping with insurance tend to be costly and difficult to arrange, and if it is returned to you you stand a good chance of getting hit with customs duties and VAT taxes on the new high value. Better to send it to the auction house have them get it slabbed, sell it and just send you the money. The coin would probably sell better in the US and preferably in a major copper auction where it will be seen by all the major copper weenies

 

Don't worry- I am not going to accept anything at the moment-I have found a pcgs affiliated dealer in London who I will visit with the coin - also if anything to determine whether it is a replica(she thought it looked suspicious-and will go from there.


Ps yakpoo biscuitface was taken from an old black and white movie-

 

I love threads like this one.

 

Was it..."The Life & Times of Manuel Noriega"?

 

Looks OK, I think it is AU 50 now (details). What head type is it? 1793, 1794, or 1795?

 

Now Frosty how can you say it looks ok then ask what head it is. If you dont know what head it is how can you say it looks ok?

 

Amazing story - I'm also hoping it turns out to be real.

 

Hi- just to let you know that I took the coin to a dealer in London- chose them because they were linked to the Holmes coin which sold at the Goldberg auctions which Beef1020 highlighted.The dealer could not confirm it was real but she is showing it to her colleague who is the US coin specialist but who is currently out of the country for the next week - so will have to catchup then - Thanks

 

Like others before have said, it either is a fantastic early cent which is well centered and struck on a premium planchet (very unusual) or a really really good fake. I would want this taken to a gathering of EAC (Early American Coppers) for the opinions of the specialists.

I also would love to know how you came to possess such a find. Some of our best early coppers have great stories attached to their discovery or rediscovery.

 

Hi-I was given a collection of coins as a child (35 yrs ago)by a Canadian relative- I asked my mum and she didn't know which relative but we had two sets of relatives- either a Canadian Mountie or a jewellery shop owner!! This was the only US coin- but I am starting to look through the others.!

 

O_O AMAZING find! oh my god.......... That would be any collectors dream to find that when looking through their childhood collection... but i cant say much because i am still a kid hahaha

 

Hi- good news and bad news-the dealer has confirmed that the coin is real- vf condition but bad news she said that due to the fact that it has been cleaned on one side and it is not a rare coin it will not be popular to the US market and put a value at auction of £1000-£1200 pounds- so just pondering what to do!

 

I think the responses you've seen on this thread alone would indicate that those dealers are wrong and there would be a lot of interest from US collectors. Cleaned or not its a fantastic piece.

 

+1

 

Dont listen to the auction house....they want to buy it for £1200, so they can sell it for £5000. You need to sign up for PCGS, get the coin slabbed (will cost about $200US) and if you are truly interested in selling it, send it to heritage auctions.

When they told you that this is not a rare coin, they lied. It is quite rare in this condition (cleaned or not).

 

That's great news that they think it's real! If this coin were mine, I would get in touch with a dealer who specializes in large cents as the market for these coins is highly specialized. All the dealers I have dealt with love to talk coins and would be very willing to correspond via email.