Please help with 1788 Massachusetts copper Cent

[dooly]

Hi all .. can anyone help with this 1788 Massachusetts copper Cent

IE: Grade / Die variety and an approximate value please.

 

 

thanks you lot (thumbs u

[physics-fan3.14]

I can't tell you much about it except that it is common. Look, it says so right on there

[dooly]

Funny post mate (thumbs u

[James_OldeTowne]

I don't have the attribution guide for Mass. copper, but would grade it VG. Of course, in a slab, it'll be given some ultra-precise numeric like "VG-10" or some such, but there are no grading standards for these, just common sense.

 

They tend to come fairly nice, and yours has about average planchet and surface quality.

[dooly]

I don't have the attribution guide for Mass. copper, but would grade it VG. Of course, in a slab, it'll be given some ultra-precise numeric like "VG-10" or some such, but there are no grading standards for these, just common sense.

 

They tend to come fairly nice, and yours has about average planchet and surface quality.

 

cheers (thumbs u so looking like a $450 coin ?

[L1ncolnF4n]

dunno about the attib. but I think you might pull a F-12 but deff a VG-10 at minimum

[James_OldeTowne]

so looking like a $450 coin ?

Whoa! $450? Not unless it is a rare variety. For example, I seem to recall that those "with period" sell for a significant premium.

 

I would think it's a $150 - $200 coin retail.

[123cents]

I would guess F-12. Price $185.00.

[BillJones]

I'm guess I'm in the minority on this piece. I don't care for it.

 

The Massachusetts cents were among the best made of the Confederation period state coinage. They were generally well struck, and I really don't think that a nice example of this coin should be as weak as this on is on the right side. I'd only give it a G-VG at best with some points off for less than smooth surfaces.

 

As a side light, Massachusetts closed its state mint after officials determined that it cost more to run the facility than the face value of the coins it was producing.

[dooly]

The $450 price was the red book price i have

 

Good $80

Fine $220

V.Fine $450

E.fine $1000

A.unc $2000

UNC $3800

 

I like your prices more than mine

[James_OldeTowne]

G is $80 and Fine is $220, so I'd stand by my previous value estimate of VG.

[dooly]

Cheers James i will bid accordingly (thumbs u

[BillJones]

I don't know what happened concerning the Mass. cent that started this thread, but here's a coin to put things in context. This coin is in an EF-45 holder. It only grades VF-25 IMO. At any rate I think this piece shows that Mass. cents are more like well made early U.S. coins and less like primitively made early coins like the Connecticut and Vermont cents.

 

[dooly]

Got bid out Bill .. probably a blessing in disguise (thumbs u