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Pillar of the Community
United States
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111834273392Not a series that I'm familiar with but I thought that this coin looked a bit off when comparing it to other 1849 Large Cents on ebay. Am I crazy or is this coin bad? Thanks, Joe2007
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not from the no-no site. IMO looks good.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1339 Posts |
I,m not sure what a " proufussionaly " cleaned "breaded hair" large cent looks like for sure,but, I'd stay away from that one!
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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The date area has certainly been worked over.
May have been on the die, or the coin?
Need to consult a specialist varieties catalog for better information to answer the question.
Pity the eBayer's spell checker doesn't work!
Maybe he went to the school where they 'learned ya to talk propper'.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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The coin itself looks good as far as authenticity is concerned, but it's obviously been cleaned. When the coin has lost that much detail to circulation there is no way you'd still see the copper luster that this example displays. An AU cent might retain this much luster, but it would all show in the 'hidden areas' of the recesses of the design - not splotched all over the place like this coin displays.
Plus, the price is just plain imaginative. Keep looking would be my advise.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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For the record I'm not considering this coin, I just thought that it looked a bit strange and was wondering if it was authentic. The dentils (fading into the rim) and the date looked a bit different that some other 1849 LCs I was looking at. Is this normal?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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profussionaly ? I think they meant profusely cleaned.  Worth maybe $15 or so in that condition  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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It looks othenic but that's a prutty skary cleanin.  Member ANA and EAC "You got to lose to know how to win". Dream On by Aerosmith |
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 United States
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It's good. Not one I'd buy.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Genuine, cleaned. That's an un-usual amount of luster for a coin in that condision.  Edited by Numisma
01/17/2016 8:14 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5825 Posts |
For that price I'd want authentication.
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
For that price I'd want breakfast in bed.
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United States
374 Posts |
Interesting post. The qualifications for selling on ebay are apparently minimal. The guy (or gal) has some oddly over priced stuff for sale. A flying eagle with heavy damage and a 1886 V nickel that is clearly not mint and has a gash in it. The coin is question is not AU and it is more like vf/xf details. I'd say cleaned and then partially retroned. Maybe worth a 1/10 of what it is listed for. Seems authentic, but not I'm not really sure. The wear looks genuine, but I guess even that can be faked? |
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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111594071672"condishion" "togather" "in exspensive" He tries to sound convincing in his other auctions calling coins "cheap" when they are clearly overpriced ( 121609629659) I'm actually slightly saddened by this guy's lack of grammar and lack of spelling. It makes me wonder if he has a disability, and if he does, it isn't something to joke about.
Edited by CoinHuntingDrew
01/18/2016 10:25 pm
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United Kingdom
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My particular favourite is 'breaded hair'.......
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Posted 01/17/2016 3:53 pm
