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scottk Pillar of the Community United States 767 Posts	Posted 02/09/2015 8:12 pm I went through some of the large cents I bought when I first got interested in them several months ago, and culled 3 out of 5 of them. They're on ebay now. I kept 2. The first one I ever got, which was $1.50, and has the date rubbed off - no idea what date it is, and this 1853. For some reason, to me, this one has a sort of in-hand eye appeal. What do you say? Cleaned? Retoned? Report this Post to the Staff

scottk Pillar of the Community United States 767 Posts	Posted 02/09/2015 8:18 pm I do keep this one separate though, so that it doesn't harm the others. Report this Post to the Staff
edweather Pillar of the Community United States 7375 Posts	Posted 02/09/2015 8:43 pm Looks natural/original to me. Report this Post to the Staff
scottk Pillar of the Community United States 767 Posts	Posted 02/09/2015 8:50 pm I don't think it is ed, but thank you for contributing to my delinquency. Report this Post to the Staff
Celticsoul Pillar of the Community United States 1566 Posts	Posted 02/10/2015 07:33 am I agree with Ed. I don't really see any red flags. I see an honest VF-20 with some micro porosity. Has it been cleaned and retoned? Yes, they've all been cleaned and retoned. Just because it's dark doesn't mean anything. After 25 years of collecting large cents I've seen just about every color, surface, and type of damage that can happen to a 170 year old piece of copper. Yeah this coin is not the nice chocolate brown that copper collectors like to see but don't discount the poor girl, she's been around the block a few times. No need to keep it separate either. Edited by Celticsoul 02/10/2015 07:38 am Report this Post to the Staff
scottk Pillar of the Community United States 767 Posts	Posted 02/10/2015 07:57 am Well, I'm always worried that she'll bite one of the others or something, but yeah I like two tone thing she has going on... Edited by scottk 02/10/2015 08:00 am Report this Post to the Staff
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