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<p>[QUOTE="Cringely, post: 1290687, member: 22271"]You might also want to look at the websites of some of the better copper dealers. Many of them are posted on the Early American Copper organization's Links <a href="http://www.eacs.org/links.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.eacs.org/links.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.eacs.org/links.html</a></p><p><a href="http://www.eacs.org/links.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.eacs.org/links.html" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p>Look at the coins they offer and it will give you an idea of how copper specialists grade early copper coins (especially when they show both their net grade compared to a TPG grade if the coin is slabbed).</p><p>They are also a great source of high quality (not necessarily high grade) coins at surprisingly reasonable prices. My avatar (1805 C-3 half cent) is net graded to EAC standards as a F-15, a long way from mint state, but one of my favorites.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best of luck in your hunt for some nice early copper.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cringely, post: 1290687, member: 22271"]You might also want to look at the websites of some of the better copper dealers. Many of them are posted on the Early American Copper organization's Links [URL="http://www.eacs.org/links.html"]http://www.eacs.org/links.html [/URL] Look at the coins they offer and it will give you an idea of how copper specialists grade early copper coins (especially when they show both their net grade compared to a TPG grade if the coin is slabbed). They are also a great source of high quality (not necessarily high grade) coins at surprisingly reasonable prices. My avatar (1805 C-3 half cent) is net graded to EAC standards as a F-15, a long way from mint state, but one of my favorites. Best of luck in your hunt for some nice early copper.[/QUOTE]
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