What Happened to this LC?

[Th3Offspring]

I was poking around on the internet and found this LC for sale and i was wondering what could have happened to it during its life that would make the outsides wear so much while keeping the center of the coin's detail looking so nice. What are your thoughts?

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

DR.ÖTEK Metal Detector, Waterproof Gold Detector, Pinpoint & Terrain Modes, Professional Metal Detector - Grab it through Amazon!

[relic lover]

It was probably a weak strike from the mint to begin with.

 

[peanut]

I am not sure on that, but it looks to me like the head is tilted to the left more than normal.

 

[rhedden]

Relic lover is right. It's a poorly struck coin, and likely a late die state of its variety. There are examples of 1835 cents that are so poorly struck that the date is barely visible even on an XF example.

 

[allen]

did you buy it ?

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

There are 15 varieties for the 1839, most are common but a few are very scarce and one is rare. I am sure there is an expert who can help you out.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Not an expert here, I just like reading about the history of the large cent. The "Matron Head" design appeared in 1816 and lasted until 1839. Scarce dates include 1821 and 1823. Known as "Middle Dates", this series contains many interesting varieties that are of great interest to a large number of collectors. Certain rare varieties can be worth hundreds or thousands of dollars. I don't think the 1839 date is that rare.

 

[Don in SJ]

Nothing special about the coin, weak strikes, wear patterns can be different, it is a very common variety Newcomb 8.

Don

 

[Th3Offspring]

did you buy it ?

no, i didn't buy it lol just curious. I am trying to put a large cent collection together though. I am about half way done as we speak, but i plan on this being a long term collection to put together. I plan on getting one large cent every other payday until i get to only the extremely expensive ones. Then i plan on getting them maybe one a year or whatever i can afford with the very early ones.

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Nothing special about the coin, weak strikes, wear patterns can be different, it is a very common variety Newcomb 8.

Don

There ya go!

 

[NHBandit]

Get the expensive ones first even though doing it the way you are looks more impressive when you open the book. The cheap ones will always be cheap. The hard to find dates will go up the fastest normally.

 

[terpfan]

Not an expert here, I just like reading about the history of the large cent. The "Matron Head" design appeared in 1816 and lasted until 1839. Scarce dates include 1821 and 1823. Known as "Middle Dates", this series contains many interesting varieties that are of great interest to a large number of collectors. Certain rare varieties can be worth hundreds or thousands of dollars. I don't think the 1839 date is that rare.

In 1839 there were actually two types of large cents produced, Matron Head and Braided Hair. This coin is a Braided Hair type.