I’m surprised a thread hasn’t been started on copper between the early copper large cents and small cents starting with the Flying Eagle. I don’t have but a small handful but I’d love to see what everyone has. Half cents are also welcome 🤗
Half-cents, but still old Copper: . PCGS F15 CAC - Sold from inventory a few years ago in an SB monthly CCO sale. Very smooth planchet quality unlike the majority seen with inherent flaws. . .
. . PCGS PR65RB CAC - also sold through SB, and a much tougher sell than the above. Collectors of business strike post 1815 Copper generally care not a fig for proofs. It's always been too rare and expensive for a niche populated by hard-core students and variety collectors rather than "caviar" seekers. They are, as well as for the EAC specialists, proudly plebeian. . . .
I’ll start out with some old copper from my Dansco 7070, then a Flying Eagle, then just one Indian Head Cent.
I’ve actually just completed what is probably the only IHC set ever where every coin not only has a CAC, but every coin also has Rick Snow’s Eagle Eye Photo Seal. Yes, there’s a lot of overlap, but I believe JA and Rick Snow each place different weights on various factors. As such, I believe I have the best of both worlds! It’s a GEM set, with no coin graded below MS65, and 49% of the coins have plus grades. The IHC set is currently #9 in the PCGS Registry.
This first one has an incorrect coin number, as it’s actually a Crosslet 4 and not Plain:
I call this my “Ash Wednesday” Half Cent, lol. I sent it back to PCGS for Reconsideration, and despite the large carbon spot, it came back with a plus. It’s 64+RD w/CAC:
I’ll start out with some old copper from my Dansco 7070, then a Flying Eagle, then just one Indian Head Cent.
I’ve actually just completed what is probably the only IHC set ever where every coin not only has a CAC, but every coin also has Rick Snow’s Eagle Eye Photo Seal. Yes, there’s a lot of overlap, but I believe JA and Rick Snow each place different weights on various factors. As such, I believe I have the best of both worlds! It’s a GEM set, with no coin graded below MS65, and 49% of the coins have plus grades. The IHC set is currently #9 in the PCGS Registry.
This first one has an incorrect coin number, as it’s actually a Crosslet 4 and not Plain:
I call this my “Ash Wednesday” Half Cent. I sent it back to PCGS for Reconsideration, and despite the large carbon spot, it came back with a plus. It’s 64+RD w/CAC:
This next one is also 64+RD w/CAC:
This is AU58BN w/CAC:
Steve
very cool
i think you're right to say that the cac and eagle eye is the best of both worlds
I’ll start out with some old copper from my Dansco 7070, then a Flying Eagle, then just one Indian Head Cent.
I’ve actually just completed what is probably the only IHC set ever where every coin not only has a CAC, but every coin also has Rick Snow’s Eagle Eye Photo Seal. Yes, there’s a lot of overlap, but I believe JA and Rick Snow each place different weights on various factors. As such, I believe I have the best of both worlds! It’s a GEM set, with no coin graded below MS65, and 49% of the coins have plus grades. The IHC set is currently #9 in the PCGS Registry.
This first one has an incorrect coin number, as it’s actually a Crosslet 4 and not Plain:
I call this my “Ash Wednesday” Half Cent. I sent it back to PCGS for Reconsideration, and despite the large carbon spot, it came back with a plus. It’s 64+RD w/CAC:
This next one is also 64+RD w/CAC:
This is AU58BN w/CAC:
Steve
very cool
i think you're right to say that the cac and eagle eye is the best of both worlds
a gem set is awesome too
thank you so much!
Agree 100%. What a great group of copper. Love it! I appreciate @Winesteven taking the time to post these.
Very nice group of coins! That xf 40 vine and bars sure is a beauty!
. What skin! So smooth and unmarred it looks like it was struck on a Hershey's chocolate bar planchet . I'm even more impressed by a rare date even yet more problematic problem-free, the 1799 An especially well-balanced strike with exceptional definition of the date numerals. Chris McCawley would go nuts over that!
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PCGS F15 CAC - Sold from inventory a few years ago in an SB monthly CCO sale. Very smooth planchet quality unlike the majority seen with inherent flaws.
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PCGS PR65RB CAC - also sold through SB, and a much tougher sell than the above.
Collectors of business strike post 1815 Copper generally care not a fig for proofs. It's always been too rare and expensive for a niche populated by hard-core students and variety collectors rather than "caviar" seekers. They are, as well as for the EAC specialists, proudly plebeian. .
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I’ve actually just completed what is probably the only IHC set ever where every coin not only has a CAC, but every coin also has Rick Snow’s Eagle Eye Photo Seal. Yes, there’s a lot of overlap, but I believe JA and Rick Snow each place different weights on various factors. As such, I believe I have the best of both worlds! It’s a GEM set, with no coin graded below MS65, and 49% of the coins have plus grades. The IHC set is currently #9 in the PCGS Registry.
This first one has an incorrect coin number, as it’s actually a Crosslet 4 and not Plain:
I call this my “Ash Wednesday” Half Cent, lol. I sent it back to PCGS for Reconsideration, and despite the large carbon spot, it came back with a plus. It’s 64+RD w/CAC:
This next one is also 64+RD w/CAC:
This is AU58BN w/CAC:
Steve
i think you're right to say that the cac and eagle eye is the best of both worlds
a gem set is awesome too
thank you so much!
What a great group of copper. Love it! I appreciate @Winesteven taking the time to post these.
Steve
@Winesteven - my favorite based on color, sheen and difficulty for the type.
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“Ash Wednesday” or "Lady MacBeth"?
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more color
This is AU58BN w/CAC:
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and a major "no sh!t" .
Great thread
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What skin! So smooth and unmarred it looks like it was struck on a Hershey's chocolate bar planchet
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I'm even more impressed by a rare date even yet more problematic problem-free, the 1799 An especially well-balanced strike with exceptional definition of the date numerals. Chris McCawley would go nuts over that!