1808 1c Classic Head Large Cent

I am good with VG8 and original. It looks like a nice example, but can not tell from photos if coin has corrosion. If the coin is problem free, you made a nice score. At the top of the obverse looks like there could be some pitting, it still may straight if the pitting is minor.

VG-08 with some strike weakness seems about right. The striations on the obverse might be from the Mylar 2x2 (they continue beyond the coin at the bottom).

G06 for me.
smat

This came in. I agree with panzaldi. The early classic head cents were struck on corroded planchets that made their way to the US from England. The barrels holding the planchets were thought to have been soaked from sea salt water in the ship's cargo hold. The unusually soft and inferior quality planchets received from the British supplying firm of Boulton and Watt didn't help. Many of these planchets were corroded prior to minting and are often straight graded if the corrosion does not include heavy pitting. The mint was thrifty at the time and did not discard corroded planchets that had traveled across the Atlantic in their quality control process.

Agree that this is the S-277 so-called "12 Star" variety because S1 is weak or absent, but I can see S1 clearly in the obverse as you can see in the pictures although it is weak. The second marker of the S-277 variety is that the headband is curved. The other 2 varieties have a straight headband.

Thoughts? Thanks!