Large Cent 1884 Obverse #1 & #2

$4 ?

You have the greatest eye for finding deals.. congrats! (How many horseshoes do you carry with you?!)

Prestige .... Yes, yours is an Obverse 1. The easiest way to tell at the beginning is look at the tip of the crown. If it impinges at all on the bead, then it's an Obv 2. If the bead remains perfectly round, then it's an Obv 1. Likewise the pointed tip of the neck truncation will always end right above the bead directly above the C in Canada. An Obv 2 will be further to the left, between the beads. A great coin and a great find. congrats.

Thanks Dan. I emailed them and they said they currently DO NOT recognise the variety.
However I would still like it professionally graded for a numerical grade. Current guesses on another forum range from AU50 to MS62 RB. Most being closer to the MS60ish mark. The highest graded is apparently one MS63BN.

Thanks DBM.

I am based in the UK. I've sent it out with another couple of Canadian coins


(The 1907 25c is really nice. The pictures dont do them justice.)
to my friend in the US for grading. I asked him about ICCS and CCCS but he said it was a bit of a pain to send coins to Canada for grading.

Apparently after PCGS garde it cross grade it, keeping the coin in the PCGS holder, but supplying you with the ICCS grading with the proper Variety designation?

I plan on selling it, perhaps sending it to auction at Heritage.
Would buyers be put of if it was in a PCGS slab but not attributed as Obv1 even if it was listed by Heritage as such?

I guess a Canadian large cent collector would easily be able to confirm the variety after a careful examination.