1837 cent wear

[chong2]

i have this coin, now i need some advice, the hair wear on this one, do you think its from a worn die, or waer and tear? the are spots that would normaly be worn but they are mint state, the smooth areas are flawless, has a really nice braown marbeling to it. ialso, die crack goes through america.

 

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[chong2]

wow, the pics make this coin look bad, the finish is awesome on this one, and on back all lettering is full.

 

[oldplacesnofinds]

Looks like normal wear to me. The stars on the left side are all worn and on the reverse there are spots of wear you would normally see with a past around large cent. It will probably grade a high VF.

 

[Don in SJ]

Made your photos a tad better and I agree normal wear. There are 17 varieties of the 1837 and this coin appears to be a Newcomb 3 variety, Common.

Don

 

[chong2]

ill try to take pics with better lighting, im using a 10 meg cam and for some reason when i resize it it messes it up, all grainy, so ill lower the pixles.
thanks guys

 

[Old Dog]

Try an offset light with different colored backgrounds,
sometimes the different colors will reflect or absorb light in such a way as to enhance the coin and show more detail.

OD