Classic Head Large Cent New For Type Set!

I will say EF-40 they seem to be tough on these things in my opinion. I have seen many EF coins I would have swore were AU at least

Your right on wheatguy! ANACS gave it XF-45. I think it certainly has AU details if you compare it with other certified 1814 CHLCs on Heritage, but there is probably something holding it back...like the luster. These are very tough to find with descent planchets. Anyways here is the link
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...TRK:MEWNX:IT

This has been a big coin buying week, and I have to sell some junk silver to help pay for all of this...lol

That's a great use of your coin money.

Very nice CHLC

I think it's an AU coin. Wear is very light on the hair above Ms. Liberty's coronet and on the highest leaves of the wreath. EF-45 seems very conservative. Any way you slice it, this is a beautiful type coin.

Thank you all for the feedback. Anyways, this will be the most expensive coin(outside of $20 gold) that I will be de-slabbing. Also, these coins are quite susceptible to corrosion. I have heard that olive oil may help protect from corrosion, but I also obviously dont want to put something on the coin that will harm it.

Bryan1315, I know that you also recently purchased a high end CHLC for your Dansco. Are you taking any measures to protect it?

This may be one I will consider resubmitting some day. For comparison sake, here is the latest 1814 that sold on Heritage. http://coins.ha.com/common/view_ite...36&Lot_No=97
It is the same die variety(S-294) and is graded AU-53.

Now this one certainly has cleaner surfaces, and probably more luster; but I think mine actually has a little bit stronger detail(Could be due to an earlier die state or strike). Oh, and this one sold for $2,760!



TNFC is interesting because there prices are usually quite high. Occasionally though there are some really good buys.

That would blow my coin budget for a year! Nice coin!

Received the coin today. It is a nice dark chocolate brown in hand. Great detail, and absolutely no micro-porosity or corrosion. However, it is a bit glossy, and I imagine it was lightly polished/conserved at some point. Combined with the fact that it doesn't retain much luster is probably what knocked it out of an AU grade. Though the pictures make the obverse nicks look bad, they aren't distracting in hand. Here are some updated pics, and some other pictures with the rest of my large/half cents in the 7070.

They are not necessarily susceptible to corrosion now if stored properly. However, many of these coins had problems when they were first minted. Most of the planchets were imported from Britain and the kegs of planchets were occasionally used as ship ballast so they came into contact with sea water on the voyage across the pond. The copper also tended to be of lower quality than that used for the Draped Bust cents. Because of these problems, some planchets had corrosion on them even before the coin was minted! Also remember that later production of Classic Heads was occurring the during the War of 1812 which lasted until 1815. All of these factors add up to the overall lowest quality coin series ever produced by the US Mint.