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[rrantique]

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[ldhair]

[rrantique]

[R__Rash]

[Henri Charriere]

On 5/26/2023 at 6:10 PM, rrantique said:

Lovely example!

[MorganMan]

[R__Rash]

[Sandon]

   1794 "Head of 93" large cent, in PCGS "Genuine" holder (ungraded). Good to Very Good details with rough surfaces and heavy pitting, but the date and lettering are legible, and it is definitely the "Head of 1793". This is probably the ugliest coin in my collection, but it is a scarce subtype. It was catalogued as an S-18b when I purchased it in 2012, but I don't know how they determined the "b", as you can't really see the edge in the older style PCGS holder.

 

Photos courtesy of Stacks Bowers Galleries.

Edited June 2, 2023 by Sandon

[Sandon]

    Here's a much nicer early large cent, a 1795 S-77 PCGS graded XF 45 despite some light surface damage. The weakness in some of the reverse letters is typical of this die variety.

Photos courtesy of Stacks Bowers Galleries.

[Henri Charriere]

Note:  The following is in reference to the 1794 "Head of 1793" large cent.

I find the combination of formal grading terminology perplexing and jarring.  We have a coin in a PCGS holder, apparently certified but (ungraded) -- and seemingly magically, skip "reconsideration" and baldly state, "Good to Very Good details" skipping Poor, Fair, About Good--even Good... Huh? This is your considered opinion, No?  Would you be kind enough to clarify?

Edited June 2, 2023 by Henri Charriere
Clarification as to post being referred to.

[Sandon]

@Henri Charriere--"Good to Very Good details" is my grade, not PCGS's, for the 1794 Head of '93 cent.  I'm one of those fanatics who actually learned how to grade coins himself.  Obviously, the impairments substantially reduce its value from this grade level if unimpaired. I'm a bit more conservative than the Stacks Bowers cataloguer, who referred to it as "VG Details" after noting that it had "[r]ough and porous deep red-brown surfaces with a deep old pit near the back of the Liberty cap."

[R__Rash]

[R__Rash]

This one was picked before the S fully developed? Unlike the previous coin where the S was developed, but just not quite ripe.

Edited June 6, 2023 by R__Rash

[ldhair]

[leeg]

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[MorganMan]

[Coinbuf]

[robec1347]

[Sandon]

1831 large letters (N1) Matron Head large cent, uncertified, my and seller's grade Extremely Fine:

Photos courtesy of Stacks Bowers Galleries.

Edited June 11, 2023 by Sandon

[ldhair]

[rrantique]

[Coinbuf]

[Henri Charriere]

On 6/18/2023 at 12:34 PM, Coinbuf said:

Exceptional!  Nice catch!

[ldhair]

On 6/18/2023 at 11:34 AM, Coinbuf said:

Pretty coin. Great images.

[Coinbuf]

On 6/18/2023 at 7:35 PM, ldhair said:

Pretty coin. Great images.

Thanks, the photos were taken by Jeremy (aka airplanenut on the PCGS forum) 15 or 20 years ago, dang it is hard to believe it has been that long.   The coin still resides in its old small ANACS holder.

 

[ldhair]

On 6/19/2023 at 3:03 PM, Coinbuf said:

Thanks, the photos were taken by Jeremy (aka airplanenut on the PCGS forum) 15 or 20 years ago, dang it is hard to believe it has been that long.   The coin still resides in its old small ANACS holder.

Wow. That's cool. I know Jeremy. He taught me a lot about imaging coins, about 20 something years ago. He was just a kid back then. 

 

[Sandon]

1950 Proof Lincoln cent, PCGS graded PR 64RD, with some cameo contrast, though not designated "CAM":

Edited June 22, 2023 by Sandon
forgot to indicate color