1859 Victoria Large Cent For Grading

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paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 11/06/2018 03:03 am Getting closer to completing my Large Cents date set. Thoughts on this 1859 QV cent? Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff

okiecoiner Pillar of the Community Canada 5612 Posts	Posted 11/06/2018 03:53 am F-15 to VF-20 and heavily cleaned by hand. There should be all kinds of Vicky gunk in the nooks and crannies and this one is clean but no scratches. I specialize in Vicky large cents and have at least 1000 1859's alone. I don't see anything readily evident on the variety front for this coin. !859's have 100's of varieties because the dies broke/wore so often, so many letters/digits were repunched by hand. What's a QV cent? Edited by okiecoiner 11/06/2018 11:24 am Report this Post to the Staff
Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 11/06/2018 10:17 am I don't see evidence of cleaning, at least not anything recent. I wonder how that section of the rim on the obverse got so flattened, which I think probably drags it down a bit. Berries in Queen Victoria's wreath and leaves on the reverse are decent, legends crisp. I wouldn't cringe at VF20 overall, and I think that'd be an unannotated grade. Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36916 Posts	Posted 11/06/2018 10:21 am F-15 Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 11/06/2018 10:26 am Queen Victoria, Vicky, Vic. It does not appear to be cleaned in hand, there are not many hairlines or scratches at all and the color is a nice chocolate brown, maybe a shade darker than the milk chocolate in the photos. The dies were somewhat worn and/or misaligned as evidenced by the obverse rim flattening out on an axis towards K5 and the weakness of the denticles in that area. This appears to be the "narrow / low 9" variety, apparently the 2nd most common for the date. I'm still hunting for an 1858 that is both affordable and not a total embarrassment to a coin album. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
SilverDollar2017 Pillar of the Community United States 8715 Posts	Posted 11/06/2018 10:31 am F-15 Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 11/06/2018 11:42 am F-15. Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 11/16/2018 10:05 pm I meant to post these, but forgot -- took a couple of cell phone pictures to show the color more accurately. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
TheDeductible Pillar of the Community Canada 851 Posts	Posted 11/17/2018 2:01 pm F15 for sure. Report this Post to the Staff
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