1857 Large Cent - Large or Small Date?

[JIM F.]

Is this an example of a large or small date?  It is in old NGC holder without attribution, so I wonder how NGC accounts for it in the census that distinguishes between the two.

Thanks.

[DWLange]

Small Date. You can always find answers to such questions at NGC's VarietyPlus website under the Resources menu.

[thebeav]

Nice coin !

[BillJones]

Here is an example of the large date.

 

[Just Bob]

11 minutes ago, BillJones said:

Here is an example of the large date.

 

 

Can you tell if your coin has ever been lacquered?

[BillJones]

6 hours ago, Just Bob said:

Can you tell if your coin has ever been lacquered?

it has never been laquered unless someone did a super restoraton job that I can't detect. The coin is totally original. I bought it raw, and it has remained that way. The previous 1857 large cent I owned was the small date variety. I like to have an 1857 large cent and an 1857 half cent around as the last of their kind. Here is the coin that this one replaced. I sold this coin when I was dealer.

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