Found a large cent and a lesson learned

[DigDugNY]

Found an error large cent and a lesson learned

Found this 1831 Large Cent today at a park I have been successful at in the past. It was only 2-3 inches down. Came out of the ground nicely. But I learned a lesson about trying to clean it. If I ever find one again that has nice details I am never using water and soap again. Once I did that the coin turned black and i was very frustrated with myself. I was able to get some of the details back by using a method Goes4ever told me where you use an SOS Pad, luckily that saved me a little bit. Next time i am just going to use a soft cloth to take some of the dirt off. Thanks for looking

Also, I found out its a die error. On this link its the intermediate one http://books.google.com/books?id=PX_...20cent&f=false

 

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[rhedden]

That is a premium die state of Newwcomb-12. In later states, it is called the "harpooned whale" variety. The cud develops into the shape of a whale, and it appears to be harpooned by one of the stars. However, people collect these by die state and will pay a premium for this state.

 

[DigDugNY]

That is a premium die state of Newwcomb-12. In later states, it is called the "harpooned whale" variety. The cud develops into the shape of a whale, and it appears to be harpooned by one of the stars. However, people collect these by die state and will pay a premium for this state.

Thanks for the info!

 

[beez0404]

Great coin! Congratulations.

 

[jewelerguy]

very cool find

 

[Lazaro Eldorado]

very cool find

Very nice!

 

[Prairie Prowler]

Still a nice find ..congrats

 

[Bluedogcards]

Nice coin. one thing i leaned is to never try to clean a coin with anything but water and only use the water to remove the dirt only, no rubbing or anything like that. being a coin collector this i a cleaned coin and losted some of it value for your own collection you did great and have a nice story behide it

 

[DigDugNY]

Nice coin. one thing i leaned is to never try to clean a coin with anything but water and only use the water to remove the dirt only, no rubbing or anything like that. being a coin collector this i a cleaned coin and losted some of it value for your own collection you did great and have a nice story behide it

I am keeping it obviously, but if there was a value to be put on it you got an idea how much?

 

[Threshold]

Still a great coin, and even greater that you found it. Nice recovery!

 

[DigDugNY]

Thanks!

 

[vpnavy]

Great finds! Thanks for sharing...

 

[Old Dude]

Great LC. The last one I found this year was also an 1831. I love turning the plug over and seeing them. Next best thing after seeing silver!

 

[park pirate]

Nice one..

 

[Carolina Tom]

That is one awesome coin! Congrats.

 

[treblehunter]

She is in very nice shape, my experience with values on LC's is (I'm not being a wise guy) they are only worth what someone is willing to pay for them. Close friend of mine has sold a few of his LC's, one for 4200.00 That one he was told by a majority of coin dealers, people on site, and others that it was only worth about 1000-2000. If you do enough research and talk to enough people, you can get an idea. But the biggest thing I learned from his process of selling those coins was if your "dug" coin has nice detail, even if it has "environmental damage" and the detail is better then most "undug" coins like it. You can hold out no matter what any of the dealers tell you. There is a collector out there that knows there are not any or many of coins like yours left. Someone would pay a premium for a rare coin like yours. Even with it being "improperly cleaned" these two "detail" grading's are common for "dug" coins. But my opionion is if the coin had the grade of what detail it has (in other words, without the environmental damage/improperly cleaned, detail grades) it would be worth that much. If it looks like a MS 50, then it would get that much.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Congrats nice find! And lesson learned.

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

"harpooned whale" variety.




lesson learned , that's a seldom seen 1831 and tuff date to find . Good one remember ... no soapy H2O

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice Large Cent

 

[ohiodigman]

I just posted today my 1828 liberty large cent and cleaned that baby with every method that was recommended. The coin dug up looked like a knock out plug and was corroded so bad you couldn't make one distinction that it wasn't. I almost pitched it. I don't know how one could not try to do a lil cleaning and in my case a lot! In it for the fun and adventure, not really the bucks unless very valuable, but how would one know unless you scratch the service, lol.
Awesome find though HH