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Valued Member
Italy
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Good evening, I'm back on the forum after a long hiatus  I have just bought this 1814 cent. It is not in my hand right now, all I have are seller's pictures. Weight: 10,67 grams My guess is Vf-35. What do you think? Also, the coin seems to have "a double chin". Is it a known variety? Thank you for all your opinions.   |
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Valued Member
 United States
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Looks fake to me but I am not an expert on these.
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The example appears to be a plain 4 S295. There is a bearded variety on the plain 4, but the beard on this one is a little more pronounced. The coin is in the latter stages of Die Deterioration. The coin appears genuine. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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S-295 Plain 4
Late die state. Sometimes called "Bearded Liberty"
VF30-VF35 sharpness; the color is not natural and the surfaces do not look original to the coin - smoothed? The bust looks "flat."
Some light porosity left of the point of the bust and left of S8.
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 |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Key question for OP - is this the actual color?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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VF-35 but the color is a question mark.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Genuine, VF-35 with questionable color.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
735 Posts |
color is odd, but a lovely classic head large cent.
I've been collecting for a couple years... Favorite Coin's are Standing Liberty quarters, Working on my type set | Coffee, Corvettes, Coins & the CCF what could be better? |
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United States
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I'll say XF-details (altered surfaces)
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United States
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I'll say VF-EF. Color is questionable.
Errers and Varietys.
Edited by Errers and Varietys
11/14/2023 11:17 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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doesn't look like a cast. the markers are there for a 295.
i'll go with XF40 and if thats the real color in hand then I have to go with altered surfaces/questionable color. you just don't see this overall consistent grayish color on an LC. the biggest marker for recolored imo is at K5 obv as well as K1-K2 where it appears that whatever was used is chipping off. this is not a 295 marker
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Valued Member
 Italy
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Thank you for you opinions.
I will post some new pictures as soon as I get the coin!
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Valued Member
Italy
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Good evening. I have just got the coin. As I promised, I am posting new pictures I took a few minutes ago. Daylight has gone here, I did my best. Coin is brown, as you can see. Previous pictures were shot with too much artificial light, I guess. What do you think? Any opinion is very appreciated. Thank you!   Edited by afornaini
11/17/2023 3:00 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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XF40, recolored
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definitely better view of the actual color. I'm on the fence with re-colored however paralyse may be correct on this one. one thing for certain I can see is that those little round circles especially reverse don't belong there so something happened to the original surfaces.
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Posted 11/14/2023 11:48 am
