  A novel extrapolation method has been used to deduce the charged Pion-Nucleon
coupling constant from backward $np$ differential scattering cross sections. We
applied it to new measurements performed at 162 MeV at the The Svedberg
Laboratory in Uppsala. In the angular range $150^\circ-180^\circ$, the
carefully normalized data are steeper than those of most previous measurements.
The extracted value, $g^2_{\pi^\pm} = 14.52 \pm 0.26$, in good agreement with
the classical value, is higher than those determined in recent nucleon-nucleon
partial-wave analyses.
