Full disclosure, I have this coin listed on eBay. A member has messaged me asking me to "guarantee its authenticity". I'm not a TPG, nor a professional grader. That being said, does anybody see anything suspect on the coin, besides scratches and a possible cleaning? Thanks, HULLCOINS
Sounds like someone you don't want to do business with...especially in an online marketplace like eBay where they will side with the buyer in most cases if he says fake coin... Or files a SNAD.
Agreed on the common fakes- I just don't see this as one of them. Came from a coin collection where the collector died in the 1960s and the coins sat for 50 years. Contemporary counterfeits exist, but this doesn't seem to be one.
Looks genuine to me. Who makes common date fake coins? China. They supply much of the flea market trade with common date, "circulated silver dollars."
This is a genuine 1816 Newcomb-8 large cent. The long line on lower obverse and across the reverse are scratches on this coin. I would call this coin VG10, net VG8 for the scratches. The pix below are of your coin and my file-pic of Newcomb-8.
If you want to use my comments (above) as your 'guarantee' for this coin, I am the author of the standard reference on US large cents of 1816-1839. To me, your coin is a legitimate product of the US mint in Philadelphia.
Thats some nice attractive toining on such an old cent this is my example it looks alot better under correct lighting the theory is it looks like it was in a fire.
Yes your coin looks authentic. If I were the buyer I would be cautious also, better to be safe than sorry. No offense intended. Good luck.
nice coin, i look through about 10 examples and i think its a VG8 coin. looking over those examples, 6 were from NGC and the other 4 were ANACS. your coin is authentic