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Message:: [QUOTE="lkeigwin, post: 1176806, member: 30400"]Large cents have always been popular. Early American Copper collectors  just dance to a different drummer. The typically shun slabs and TPG's,  and grade coins along a slightly different standard. Old copper isn't  body bagged for damage. It is net graded. But I agree that more folks are discovering these very cool coins. They  were made during the country's early days using laborious minting  methods, poor quality material, with controversial designs that seemed  to constantly change. In 1839, for example, four different obverse  designs were minted. The coins themselves are fun to collect raw. They're big (almost half  dollar size), heavy, and made from pure copper. They can be a little  rough due to their soft metal and poor planchets. But many survived  nicely and they're not terribly expensive (except for the earliest  years). The OP's 1851 is not an 1851/81.Lance.[/QUOTE]