1838 N-10 Coronet Head Large Cent

Very nice! I'd say MS-62 BN with some rim flattening on both sides and a small treated spot on the obverse between stars 5 and 6.

I don't know enough about these? So I don't know how much depends on the rim dinks? The fields and devices look beautiful.
I'm here just reading what others think and try and learn something.
Thanks for sharing and I agree <<<Here is a higher grade one>>>
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Sans the (minor) spot between S5 and S6, nice surfaces. Numerous marks on the obv and rev rim look to be planchet marks not removed from strike, rather than post mint hits, as there is a bit of rim weakness, along with weakness in a few stars. Overall nicely struck. I'm at MS62/63 BN. Probably MS63 BN for todays TPG standards, spot and luster holding it back.

Curious what an EAC grade would be and your take Carr. EAC MS62?

A beauty! MS-64, surfaces look very clean. Spot keeps it from gem.

you guys noted all the problems with this coin. I believe that the edge issues are a mint/strike issue rather than PMD but in a lot of ways that doesn't matter with this coin. its a common variety and there are a lot of nice versions of this piece to choose from. much like bag marks on morgans the rim issues here will impact the price even if they are treated as mint product.

that little spot on the obverse is a real shame. being right at the coronet tip my eye is drawn to it. the same spot on the back in the wreath would barely warrant a mention.

the coin is uncirculated with full unbroken luster. its quite lively in hand. I would put it at brown rather than red brown but I think it falls right on the cusp and I can see the argument for red brown. slabbing standard is 5%-95% red for a red brown. ive always felt like that was a strange way to define it. its such a broad range and how do you measure the % red anyway? using percentages like that implies a level of precision that I dont believe to be possible and frankly think is a bit silly. the coin is attractive either way. 4.8% red is the same thing as 5.2% to my mind.

so, slab grade from me is 63 brown. I have no problem with 62-64 brown or rb.

eac 60 net 58. it has to be significantly more red to his 63. eac grading on ms cents is really all about being mint red. you cannot have a 63 without it being majority red and a 65 has to be full red. I net it one grade for the spot. not points deducted for the rim issues because they are a mint product. that spot keeps it out of the condition census in my opinion. would be around the 8th - 12th finest known without that spot. hard to say without actually seeing the coins.

this coin was a Ted Naftzger coin. that guy had all the good stuff and anything from his collection is usually going to be something you are happy to own. I like this coin a lot.

thanks for your complements on the image. I am also pleased with how this one came out. I dont do anything too fancy. printer paper for the back ground, put my phone (an iphone 10 so pretty outdated camera compared to what they are making today) on a slab box for stability and use an LED bar light.

Great breakdown Carrs, hard to argue that. Thanks for sharing yet another great example!

agree with the MS 63 grade estimates

i agree with CarrsCoins that the rims were on the original planchet. the color could go either way. in my mind it meets the 5%+ threshold and then some. some weakness in strike but she's a pretty one. I'm borderline MS63/64 and I'm saying it may make the RB designation. its difficult due to lighting as sometimes it can enhance the color of a coin by bringing out certain colors

nice photos