A Little Help Please? Large Cent 1839

[James Mayer-migration]

I am looking for the price guide for this coin on ngc's page but I can seam to find this coin(i found it in CDN but i was looking for pop's?

Do you think its worth grading/guess grade?

[Coindude]

You can find a price guide at Numismedia.com

 

Of course those are list prices so you have to take the prices with a grain of salt. Your best prices will come from the CDN or graysheet.

 

There is an area of concern on your coin though, the reverse at 5 oc, appears to have verdigris?

[James Mayer-migration]

You can find a price guide at Numismedia.com

 

Of course those are list prices so you have to take the prices with a grain of salt. Your best prices will come from the CDN or graysheet.

 

There is an area of concern on your coin though, the reverse at 5 oc, appears to have verdigris?

 

 

Its very possible this coin has a large amount of tone in the area you referenced. I am certainly storing this coin in a very dry environment to try and halt this progress. It was improperly stored for many years. But I dare not clean this coin, as I understood it oxidation is not uncommon for coins of this age.

But what do I know?

 

Thanks for your reply, any guess to the grade?

[MarkFeld]

It looks about MS63 to me. If it's AU, I can't tell from the images.

[James_OldeTowne]

I think it's a commercial UNC, and worth about $250. At that value level, the cost of grading is probably too high, let's say $30, in comparison to the value of the coin. It's like paying a 10% tax, more or less.

[BadThad]

You can find a price guide at Numismedia.com

 

Of course those are list prices so you have to take the prices with a grain of salt. Your best prices will come from the CDN or graysheet.

 

There is an area of concern on your coin though, the reverse at 5 oc, appears to have verdigris?

 

 

Its very possible this coin has a large amount of tone in the area you referenced. I am certainly storing this coin in a very dry environment to try and halt this progress. It was improperly stored for many years. But I dare not clean this coin, as I understood it oxidation is not uncommon for coins of this age.

But what do I know?

 

Thanks for your reply, any guess to the grade?

 

That area on the reverse is not oxidation, it is the start of verdigris. To halt it, I suggest an acetone rinse and then put the coin in a AirTite holder immediately after. Verdigris cannot grow in the absence of feed materials.