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Message:: [QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 26178691, member: 101855"]Yes. This 1799 large cent is subpar. It was lucky not to get a "details" grade, but it filled the hole in my "one cent per year" collection. I've got four more large cents to go to finish the set. The date is easily readable, and you can easily see that it is a Draped Bust Large Cent. Do you see the lump between the "E" in "ONE" and the "T" in "CENT"? If the coin does not have a readable date, and more than a few don't, that's the way to tell that it is a 1799. I once saw a "frugal Yankee Trader" coin dealer pay $1,600 for such a coin raw without batting an eye. That impressed me. I've seen dealers ask $3,500 for a dateless 1799 cent in a PCGS holder. That was years ago. [ATTACH=full]1671211[/ATTACH] I tried to buy one that was fairly nice. I quit when the bid reached $26,000 plus a 20% buyers' fee. That was the highest price ever offered for the grade, prior to that auction, and it still wasn't good enough. I learned my place in the pecking order. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie18" alt=":bag:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]