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<p>[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 25578764, member: 105571"]Your coin is absolutely worth much more than mere nostalgia and family connection. The S-9 die variety has a rarity rating of 2 so it's actually fairly common but that doesn't mean it doesn't have real value - All 1793 large cents have real value and often more than you might expect.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem coin market is much more variable with regard to price than the non-problem market. Your best bet as to current fair market value is to search auction results for VF-Details coins at Heritage and Stack's Bowers. Make sure you are comparing against S-9, R-2 coins and not against more rare die varieties.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did a quick search of Heritage and found some comparables from 1994 auctions in the neighborhood of $2300. That is by no means definitive for your coin but merely demonstrates that the value is not zero.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 25578764, member: 105571"]Your coin is absolutely worth much more than mere nostalgia and family connection. The S-9 die variety has a rarity rating of 2 so it's actually fairly common but that doesn't mean it doesn't have real value - All 1793 large cents have real value and often more than you might expect. The problem coin market is much more variable with regard to price than the non-problem market. Your best bet as to current fair market value is to search auction results for VF-Details coins at Heritage and Stack's Bowers. Make sure you are comparing against S-9, R-2 coins and not against more rare die varieties. I did a quick search of Heritage and found some comparables from 1994 auctions in the neighborhood of $2300. That is by no means definitive for your coin but merely demonstrates that the value is not zero.[/QUOTE]
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