Bought a nice piece of chocolate...

I hope you thanked him afterward.

 

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I'm sure there must be some red originals if they were stored properly. Tom Waggoner of Shawnee Mission, Kansas offers two, a 1853 and 1855 I believe , ( this is NOT an offer to sell nor am I promoting him, FYI, only ) that are listed as B.U. but sight unseen, I would not buy unless they were slabbed and his are raw.

 

A nice piece of chocolate, but also a very expensive piece of chocolate.

I wonder if PCGS will slab my chocolate bars.

 

Don't you wonder why these coins aren't in a slab?

 

Not really. Folks who collect early copper aren't fans of slabs.

 

Exactly. I'm not a big fan of slabs on any coins, but even less so on early coppers. It's kinda like putting an ugly dress on a beautiful maiden.

 

True, but I'm sure some collector/dealer would have purchased the coins by now and send them in for grading.

 

Truth. But I just don't get why. Then again the only copper running through my veins is purely physiological

 

Come on.. Don't be coy DF! Or at least give us a range within a $100 spread

 

< $50 over CDN bid.

 

One of the reasons is because EAC grading is much different than that of all of the major TPGs. You should read Sheldon's Penny Whimsey, a really good read, and an explanation of how modern grading, relative value and rarity is derived. Not to mention a nice reference for early coppers (though braided hair cents are too "modern" for this reference).

 

I think this is pretty much the reason a lot of large cents are not slabbed. Particularly with 1790s coins, a lot of them have what would be considered "problems" in other series, but, for early copper are really just par for the course, particularly surface issues (porosity, corrosion, etc).

 

Some of the hard core copper collectors still don't get coins slabbed.

Nice pickup Dancing Fire. Beautiful brown coin - the way I like them.

 

I don't wonder at all actually. He has been known to clean some of his coins.