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Posted 04/10/2009 4:39 pm
Welcome to the forum!
Atlas is right that the retail value is probably around $20. Below is a link to a relatively accurate retail price guide. I believe your large cent is toward the lower end of the scale. I'm guessing G4 or VG8; it's hard to tell from your pics (though your pics are much better than my sad attempts at taking pictures of my coins).
http://www.numismedia.com/fmv/price...icesgd.shtml
Dealers buy coins at less than retail, so they can make a living. Sometimes they offer WAY less. This can happen if they think you don't know any better, but can also happen if they are not confident it will sell very soon. A coin that will just sit in their inventory generates zero profit.
Atlas is right that the retail value is probably around $20. Below is a link to a relatively accurate retail price guide. I believe your large cent is toward the lower end of the scale. I'm guessing G4 or VG8; it's hard to tell from your pics (though your pics are much better than my sad attempts at taking pictures of my coins).
http://www.numismedia.com/fmv/price...icesgd.shtml
Dealers buy coins at less than retail, so they can make a living. Sometimes they offer WAY less. This can happen if they think you don't know any better, but can also happen if they are not confident it will sell very soon. A coin that will just sit in their inventory generates zero profit.
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