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New Member
United States
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I have a 1794 liberty cap large cent in my collection, which I sent in to pcgs a few months back and it came back genuine without a grade. I was a rookie at the time and didn't see it was obviously environmentally damaged. BUT my question is now that pcgs has the "Genuine-show details" Option for grading, would this coin be more appealing to collectors if it had details on the label? Give me your opinion, and I know the "buy the coin, not the case" saying :P Heres the pics I got, they are bad, but you can see the details/corrosion.   Edited by Tracelol
06/18/2012 4:23 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If it is to remain as part of your collection, I would not bother sending it in since you already know that it is genuine. If you plan on selling it in the foreseeable future, then a listed grade should certainly help with the realized price. How bad is the environmental damage?
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Moderator
 United States
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Let us see the coin. Sometimes it's just not cost effective to send a coin to a TPG if it's not worth it....that's the simple answer. swcoin.ecrater.com
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Bedrock of the Community
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Agree with both above. Wouldnt bother to send it in until you got close to selling and depending on what the grade may be it might not be worth it anyway especially to send it in a 2nd time
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New Member
 United States
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my camera isn't good enough to picture a dark coin :(, but the environmental damage is semi-bad, however, the coin has very good details
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New Member
United States
24 Posts |
managed to get some pics, ill post them
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3184 Posts |
don't bother resending it
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1211 Posts |
I don't understand what the question is?
It has obvious damage, you sent it to the company most likely to give a Genuine grade, therefore it came back Genuine...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3640 Posts |
Even if it was sent in to say, Anacs who would of assigned
a grade to it, it would of came back no higher than AG
Really do not want that or maybe even a FR or PO on the slab.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3453 Posts |
I personally would not send it back just for a details grade.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3234 Posts |
Corroded...will not grade.
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Moderator
United States
16679 Posts |
Yeah, my advice, airtite it. Still a decent coin ;)
swcoin.ecrater.com
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2077 Posts |
So unless a coin is corrosion free, they will not grade it unless you ask it to be graded on details? Probably not as much an issue with other metals, but that eliminates a lot of copper coins.
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Moderator
United States
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Corroded ... I would not resubmit.
A 'details' grade will not add any value to this one IMHO.
David
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3640 Posts |
I like the term "Earthy Patina". Much better than the word "Corrosion". That label would sell more coins.  Besides, that coin looks a lot better than anyone would if they were around for 218 yrs. Well, with maybe one exception  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Earthy Patina - I love it! I kind of cringe when old copper is called corroded but I think we a have new descriptor for it!  |
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