1847 Braided Hair Large Cent Newcomb Variety Help

Since I'm newer to the attribution of large cents, I'll let other chime in first (by the time I get it figured out you'll probably have an answer). It might be helpful if you got a closer pic of the date area, as a lot of the attribution is based on where the edge of the bust sits and the point of the curl over the 8 and where the tops of the 1 and 4 (or in your case what's left of the 4) are positioned. If you had a close clear pic of that area of the obverse, it would probably be really helpful.

BTW, I believe there are 38 active varieties for 1847.

Thanks. That should work just fine.

I too am leaning toward N-6. My other option was N-12, but I think it is closer to N-6.

A little hard to tell for sure from the photos, but you're probably starting in the F15 to VF20 range. I don't have enough experience to tell you where things would net out to with the damage. I'll let those who are more experienced speak to that.

Technically it's probably VF details, but the altered date makes the grade almost irrelevant because it's not really collectible.