1838 Large Cent Opinions Please - Coin Community Forum

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staats25 Valued Member 50 Posts	Posted 01/16/2013 7:49 pm Is this legit or cleaned? Would you agree with marked grade? Report this Post to the Staff

Tom B Valued Member United States 168 Posts	Posted 01/16/2013 7:56 pm It can be terribly difficult to interpret copper from images, but my impression is that the coin has been recolored in the past. Report this Post to the Staff
amida17 Pillar of the Community United States 4897 Posts	Posted 01/16/2013 7:58 pm Colr looks ok. Impossible for me to grade from the blurry pic. Take it out of the 2x2, photo both sides. Report this Post to the Staff
staats25 Valued Member 50 Posts	Posted 01/16/2013 8:03 pm I didn't buy it yet. But someone is asking 30 dollars for it and... Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36745 Posts	Posted 01/16/2013 8:07 pm Sounds too cheap, there must be something you can not see in the photos. Ask seller for better photos of both sides of the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
staats25 Valued Member 50 Posts	Posted 01/16/2013 8:10 pm and this one too... Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36745 Posts	Posted 01/16/2013 8:14 pm Again, better photos needed. If I had to guess, these are probably EF details with environmental damage. Only decide photos will tell for sure. Report this Post to the Staff
chesterb Pillar of the Community United States 1261 Posts	Posted 01/16/2013 8:18 pm Based on the pics, I would say it definitely looks to be cleaned and is retoning. Report this Post to the Staff
staats25 Valued Member 50 Posts	Posted 01/16/2013 8:19 pm Sorry I am kind of new here... When I tried to upload the original picture it said too large and doing the image optimizer made it so tiny Report this Post to the Staff
staats25 Valued Member 50 Posts	Posted 01/16/2013 8:27 pm well I showed pictures to someone who is a long time collector in the full scale and 2 seconds later he bought the 1838 one and said it looks very good so, I went ahead and bought the 1828 one for 30 and hope I didn't make a terrible mistake but he would have bought it... * Edited by Staff \| The bad word filter is in place for a reason. Bypassing the filter and making the intended word obvious anyway is completely unacceptable. * Report this Post to the Staff
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