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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 164821, member: 2972&quot;]Using your example, I would choose the AG coin.&nbsp; But more likely, I would save up and get a problem free G or VG...as AG coins don&#039;t generally do it for me -- they just don&#039;t have enough detail.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unless you cannot afford a problem-free example, I say ignore the ones with problems.&nbsp; Problem free liberty cap, draped bust and classic head large cents are often hard to find (draped bust will be the easiest, by far), but not so much so that they are impossible.&nbsp; Hold out and you will find a nice one.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a dealer that I work with that has both problem and problem-free large cents in all price ranges:&nbsp; <a href="http://www.earlycoppercoins.com/id8.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.earlycoppercoins.com/id8.htm" rel="nofollow">Shawn Yancey</a>.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Pricing for large cents is a bit of an art form.&nbsp; Ultimately the value of a coin depends on how much you, as a buyer, is willing to pay, and this really depends on the coin in question.&nbsp; Expect to pay a sharp premium for so-called &quot;choice&quot; coins...the ones that have superior eye appeal, have nice strikes and are well centered, have a nicely colored planchet free of spots/verdergris/corrosion, and have not been recolored or otherwise messed with.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as the coin in question -- I could not see the tooling, but the scratch across the bust is questionable, and the coin may have had some work done on the reverse to smooth out a rim bump.&nbsp; The micro granularity identified as corrosion is obvious, however, and is very much par for the course with classic head large cents (the majority will be dark and suffer from corrosion).</p><p><br /></p><p>Once you find a nice coin with no problems, original color, and a nice planchet, expect to pay quite a bit over greysheet for it -- as with the classic head large cents, perhaps one in a hundred or more coins fits the bill.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the VF examples of the draped bust and classic head large cents from my type set.&nbsp; It took me almost a year to find them, and I had to pay out the wazoo once I did:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/62204807/medium.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/62204931/medium.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/58871819/medium.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/58872820/medium.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Liberty cap is next on my list, but I haven&#039;t started my studies or search in earnest yet, so I really can&#039;t comment on the series....where&#039;s Conder101 when you need him?&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helps...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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