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1857 Copper Victoria Penny - New Centerpiece?

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 Posted 09/10/2025  10:11 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Dashing99 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
British Monarch coins are my favorite - specifically the queens.

I purchased a bag of "random" world coins at an auction and found a 1857 Copper Queen Victoria Penny with its color and luster still pretty vibrant!

Is this beauty really as valuable as the internet leads me to think?

If so, I will get it graded.

I am new to collecting so I am curious what your opinions are.....thoughts?


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Quite worn, badly damaged, and ketchup cleaned.
Worth far less than the price of grading.
If you like it, keep it, but don't waste any money on it.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Such a bummer! Thank you all though.
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It's a scarce date with a mintage of only 752,600, so it's worth something to a collector in any condition, but sadly this specimen is quite worn and looks as if it's been polished. The shine is not mint lustre - a coin with original mint lustre would have no wear and would show Queen Victoria's hairlines and the cross on Britannia's shield very clearly.
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to Dashing99!

And DBM: "ketchup cleaned"?

That's a new one on me...please translate!



Thanks!



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Quote:
"ketchup cleaned"

Not recommended, of course.
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