Please Help! Do I Have A Valuable Coin?

the Half Cent and Large Cent's are very popular with collectors. I am not sure what variety your coin is but there are collectors of each variety of this type of coin. I love the Large Cents and Half Cents because they make for some great conversation pieces because most people that aren't collectors do not even know these types of coins exist and you can see the excitement on everyone's face when they see them

The first and most important thing to do when you find an old, potentially valuable coin is to NOT clean it. That advice can be applied to old things generally. If it turns out to be the sort of antique that can or should be cleaned, you can always do it later and an expert can tell you the proper way. But it's not possible to undo a cleaning once it's been done.

Nice find!

to the CCF!

For the amount of wear on the coin it is remarkably free of most of the problems found on the early Half Cents which makes this piece very desirable for early copper collectors. Probably the best place to get the most value for your coin is ebay. Take a another photo of the reverse so it looks more like your photo of the obverse and those two pictures will be sufficient for any potential buyer to see what they are getting. Whatever you decide you have a very nice piece of history in hand.

You should handle the coin only on the edge with your bare hands and if there is a coin shop near where you live go and get a holder to put it in to protect it. The dealer will help you with what type of holder is best.

Ed
ANA LM-3175

1803 Cohen-1 R-1 A common variety, priced as a type coin. I'd grade it as at least a VG-8 with claims to a 10. the $120 would probably be a reasonable retail value.

Only a couple though.

Reminds me of the damaged 1802 I passed up the local we buy gold place a few weeks back.

Make sure that if you post it somewhere to sell it, you take your pics head on,
no angle shots like you did the reverse. Also, rotate your pics, no buyer likes
to turn their heads sideways to try and orient the coin, like you did with the obverse.

that's a nice find. Unless you're starving and can't make rent this month, you should hold onto it. Think about what you have there; In the past 209 years, how many people used that to buy milk for their children or bread for their tables? How many kids had that rattling around in their piggy banks over 2 centuries? Did a President have that in his pocket at some point in time? You have a piece of history. To think you would trade it away for fake paper is scary especially a measly $120. Get it into a holder and enjoy it as a wonderful conversational piece with your family and friends for years to come.

And for all that is holy, DON'T CLEAN IT, as everyone has already told you.