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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[Brian1968]

Nice find Indeed!

 

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[DigDugNY]

Thanks for the responses. I'm just happy to have found it. Glad I could share it

 

[DigDugNY]

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.

Thanks for the info. I was just curious what it might bring for the sake of not finding coins like this often. Makes sense that its worth what someone would want to pay

 

[MackDog]

On coppers try soaking in mineral oil and using a toothbrush. This is don for over a month sometimes but doesn't damage the coin. I use it on all my Indian heads

 

[sandy shoes]

great find good luck get some more

 

[Tin Foil]

She is beautiful! -Tin Foil

 

[Ahab8]

That's a beauty bud. Rule of thumb is that dug copper of any sort and water just don't mix. Congrats on a killer find

 

[DigDugNY]

Thanks. She does look purty nonetheless

 

[Ahab8]

Thanks. She does look purty nonetheless

It's an awesome awesome looking coin! You did great

 

[DigDugNY]

Thank you much