Your opinion about this Indian head cent?

Hi all,
Came across this 1877 Indian head cent and was told it is a key date, so I thought I would run it buy the
good folks here at CT to find out what you all think about it. Your opinion about rarity, grade and/or possible value would be great. Would it be worth grading? Most of you have seen several of my Morgan
Dollars, I'm pretty sure this coin hasent been cleaned There are a couple of pic's of the same coin..........Thanks, Pat

 

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Definitely a key date! With that corrosion I'm not sure it would grade or not. That's a great coin to have! I've seen ones in a lot worse shape sell for a few hundred dollars on Ebay.

 

Thanks for looking mackwork. The dealer that I use offered me a couple of hundred for It which made me
think that getting it graded even in it's condition may make it worth a bit more

 

You're probably correct on that. Where did you find that one?

 

It would probably be graded as genuine-enviromental damage

 

The date looks a bit funny to me. The key date would be worth the cost of submission even if it only going to get a genuine grade.

 

Looks good to me , it has the week N on the reverse , looks like it was in a fire though . Still worth a couple hundred bucks though .

 

Yep it has the shallow N, and the second 7 is a bit lower than the first, as it is on the 1877 IHC.

 

It was given to us as part of a large collection from the parents. It has been stored
in a library of coins book titled "Flying Eagle and Indian head cents" 1856-1909
Vol.1 (from 1958). This collection has been in a closet on a farm in Va. for at least
50-60 years that I know of. Still have several hundred cents to go thru. Will see if
I can post a pic of the book to give you some idea

 

Here is a couple of pic's of the coin book that the cent sat in for the last several decades. Any preservation tips going forward would be helpful. Sorry it took so long, to upload

 

Could we see pictures of the 1856 Flying eagle penny!!!!

 

Nice old album! As the album says, that 1856 can be worth a lot, more than the 1877. Not very many authentic 1856 exist. I'd like to see both sides of that one.

 

Sorry to disapoint you mackwork and tyler. Someone played a dirty trick on me and stuck an 1858 Flying Eagle in the 1856 hole :-( I have 3-1858's and 1-1857

 

Oh well. You still have the 1877. Is there a 1908-S and 1909-S in the album?

 

Welp, busted my bubble

 

Did a Quick look see mackwork I did find a 1909S but no 1908S I'll keep my fingers crossed as I look thru the rest. I did find several 1909VDB so far

 

The 09-S is a lower mintage, more valuable coin than the 08-S so that much is good.
Lincoln 1909-VDB isn't that rare, but if you find a 1909-S VDB you'll have something good!

 

Here is a pic of my 1909S unfortunatly I discovered a nick on the rim how bad do you all think that will hurt it? I know about the SVDB and am looking over these coins carefully Was also wondering what the best backround color is for taking pics of copper coins. Stay tuned for my next thread in error coins