1828 N-10 Coronet Head Large Cent For Grading You Vs ANACS

Appealing XF-45

I'm at AU50

50

ha!



it was ANACS who was way off!

i think this one would stab at 45 today with a decent shot of hitting 50. there is minimal wear and it has some nice frosty bits in the protected areas on the obverse. my eac grade is 35 net 30. the worst problems are the two digs on the back which were noted earlier.

the thing in the hair above the R is interesting. its not a dig or dent. I think the coin is touching the plastic. so I gess that means that spot is the result of something like blue ribbon interacting with the plastic from the slab.

that spot is a bit of a shame. I'm going to eventually break the coin out of the slab to address it. I dont want to take the coin out of this slab. this coin is perfect for demonstrating the value of grading for yourself. on coinfacts a 30 is $275 and a 50 is $850.

i think they would have been using ANA technical grading standard.

i support that. I think its closer to 55 than it is to 30.

i also think that the goal of grading should be consistency. it doesn't matter if you call it a 12 or a 70 as long as you are consistently coming to the same grade for coins in the same condition. if you consistently call it a 12 and I consistently call it a 70 we can learn to translate between each others grades. if you consistently call it a 12 and I sometimes call it a 12, sometimes a 20 and sometimes a 70 then the conversations about things like condition census and price are much harder to have.

im going to leave it where it is through the summer at minimum. I have a couple talks I plan to give about grading large cents and this will be one of the examples I pass around.

i like this holder as an example because the numismatic community puts a lot of stock in the grades given out by the tpgs. a holder like this is useful to remind people that their thoughts are valid too. tpgs are good at what they do and are a net positive for the hobby. they are also staffed by humans and humans make mistakes.

if it werent for the spot in the hair I would leave it in the holder indefinitely. unfortunately the slab will need to be opened up to address the surface/chemical problems on this coin. one of my least favorite things about slabs is that they are sealed but not hermetically sealed. they allow chemical reactions but prevent proper surface care.

Seems on the low side. Looks VF-35 to me.