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I decided to put a pic of an ugly large cent to see if the coin that westcoin talked about bidding on was prettier than this one! Bad pics with glare but you get the general idea of what it looks like. Photobucket does not seem to be working right now so both pics of coins are on the large cent expert post westcoin did. After looking at both pics which coin is uglier and why? Jerry
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Rest in Peace
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I read that post!  |
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My comment to WestCoin was that there were better coins for the price, but let me be clear - there are no ugly 179X coppers. They are all unique and need to be held in hand to be appreciated. I hug mine quite often.  Member ANA and EAC "You got to lose to know how to win". Dream On by Aerosmith |
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Some might call my 1794 ugly but I love it! S-61, R4   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Wow - I have never actually handled an 18th-century US coin!
What stories it could tell...
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well I do kind of like mine as well even though its hard to see much detail in it. The ugly comment was just for fun.
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I have to agree with cipster, there are no ugly 179X coppers! My 1798 Large cent is not particularly rare or valuable, but it's just so darn cool to have a coin from that far back!
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It has a nice patina, but appears to have a hard cleaning somewhere along the way. And it looks like some kind of copper mite chewed on the reverse. I have a small spoon from the 1760's which has similar problems due to being dropped in the garbage disposal. I straightened it back out the best I could and it's still functional.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Nice! Thanks for sharing!  |
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Nope the one I posted was way uglier  Only due to the nasty dip/clean job making it brightened up like a search light! The little holes punched into your example sure don't help but at least the coin has retained it's dark natural copper color. For those that don't know what coin Jerryc39 is referring to or missed my thread it's here: https://goccf.com/t/153500#153500"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440Edited by westcoin
07/14/2013 6:07 pm
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Here are the pictures of the one I let slip away (thankfully). Just incase ebay dumps them in the future.   "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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There is no such thing as ugly old copper :-) G4RD  swcoin.ecrater.com
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vermontensium  now the hunt continues, though it will be a little while, I just bought the new Rodagon macro lens and about a half a grand in more books for the library! "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Posted 07/11/2013 11:54 am
