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Good morning, all, and Happy Thanksgiving Weekend! I got a couple coins in the mail and thought y'all might appreciate them. 1. 1801 Draped Bust Large Cent; 1/000 error; Fine, corroded d: 28.6mm m: 9.38g** updated after posting   2. 1851/81 Braided Hair Large Cent; VF35 hit points d: 27.9mm m: 10.73g   Hazard a grade or regrade? Edited by sh521932
11/27/2021 6:56 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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What is the error on the 1/000?
It looks like corrosion has eaten away the 1.
Nice 1951 cent.
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The error is ... is should be 1/100.. and yes it has a lot of corrosion.
Edited by johnjkedel
11/27/2021 11:27 am
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The error is ... is should be 1/100.. Of course your right, don't know what I was thinking. 1/000 would be 1/10 Cent |
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I don't pretend to know anything about all the die pairs for 1801, but the 1/000 seems to be very common judging by Heritage archives, i.e. it's not an error, it's a variety. Obviously 1/000 isn't a real denomination (mathematically it's infinity) so why they made the die(s) with that, I don't know.
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Common or not, it's still an error in the die that was left uncorrected by the mint at the time. It's one of the error varieties for 1801; the others include a 1/100 over 1/000, and the 3 error coin: which includes the 1/000, one stem, and IINITED errors. The U was originally engraved upside down and when corrected it left the II pattern instead of the U. If anyone has an example of this variety to share, that would be awesome!
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11/27/2021 1:56 pm
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I love the 1/000 cent. Even though it is corroded, you can still see the variety. I've been wanting one of these, but it is far on the priority list:)
The 1851/81 looks original and has great eye appeal.
Though these were mistakes by a mint employee, these are varieties not errors.
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Cool varieties for sure. No comment on the bust but I would call the 51/81 VF25 Details, due to reverse scratches (possibly graffiti, almost looks intentional).
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On the 1801, it looks like tbe planchet was made overseas in England, then shipped over to our country for minting. So imagine barrel upon barrel of copper planchets getting salted upon and corroding due to that and they end up looking like yours. So it makes me wonder if the farther inside those planchets are, the less corrosion they might receive.
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