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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 1249683, member: 6036&quot;]This coin illustrates original mint luster underneath the patina (particularly the reverse, which is more heavily patinated).</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m having trouble finding coins like this these days, and I&#039;m quick to offer strong money when something pops up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s something surprising... the 1820 is much more common in Mint State than later dates in the 1830s and even 40s ! Why ? Because long ago someone took a small keg full and stashed it. That stash is the famous <b>Randall Hoard</b>. Many of the coins come from a single die variety - this one, the <b>1820 N-13</b>. It&#039;s characterized by the circular obverse die crack. On the reverse, there&#039;s a leaf below &quot;D&quot; in UNITED whose tip is well right of the &quot;D&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks to this coin, I was able to meet and greet the great Bill Noyes, a true legend in Large Cent lore. As he passed our table, this one really caught his eye.</p><p><br /></p><p>I got to chat him up for a while. I asked what advice he would give us younger guys. With a gleam in his eye, he offered only two words of guidance :</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Buy quality !&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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