Howdy fellow coin peeps, :thumb: I very recently purchased a 1830 Coronet Head Cent that was listed on Ebay as a Newcomb 1 but I think it may be a Newcomb 7. The N-1 has the same reverse as the N-7 but their obverse is slightly different. Can you tell which is which? Or, did the seller and I both get it wrong? Auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200221367672&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=010 Newcomb 1: http://www.coinfacts.com/large_cents/matron_head_large_cents/1830_large_cents/1830_large_cent_n1.htm Newcomb 7: http://www.coinfacts.com/large_cents/matron_head_large_cents/1830_large_cents/1830_large_cent_n7.htm Ribbit Ps: Note - after looking again at the two, I can't make up my mind which it is. On one hand, it looks like an N-1 but on another, it looks like an N-7. Arghhhhhhh! :headbang:
I caught that after I bought it also and wondered if that made it a N-1. Darnit! I let the Booby Head get away and mis-typed the one I did get. :headbang: Coins happen! Ribbit
Been there - done that. Even worse one time I put a really high bid on the wrong coin on heritage. I did not realize it until I won - thankfully I got it at a reasonable price.
My biggest blunder was using the wrong price guide to base a bid on. The coin was a Barber Haf-Dollar and I accidently clicked on the Barber Quarter price guide and the quarter for that year & mint was scarcer than the half-dollar so it's value was much more than the half. I got lucky that no one tried to outbid me or I would have had to pay more for it than I would have normally paid for it, because the amount I bid was more than it was worth but because the bid was low when I placed the bid, I only ended up paying the next bid up and not anywhere near what I bid. I almost did it again with a 1831 Matron Head Cent because I clicked on the Classic Head Half-Cent price guide instead of the Matron Cent price guide. :goofer: The price for the 1831 half-cent ($$$$) is what made me look at the top of the price guide to see my mistake. :rolling: Ribbit
