LARGE CENTS

THERE ARE FLOWERED HAIR LIBERTY DRAPED BUST CLASSIC HEAD CORONET BRAIDED HAIR 1793 - 1796 1796 - 1807 1808 - 1814 1816 - 1839 1840 - 1857 LARGE CENTS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A FAVORITE COIN FOR ME BECAUSE OF THERE HISTORY & VARIETIES. I BOUGHT FROM EVERY DEALER I COULD TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE IN THEIR GRADING STANDARDS & AS A 9 YEAR I LEARNED FAST WHO WAS GOOD OR TERRIBLE BY THE TIME I WAS 11

YEARS OLD I HAD OVER 200 LARGE CENT ALSO 1/2 CENTS. ONE DEALER SOLD LARGE CENTS IN BAGS OF

20 EACH NEVER TOOK THE TIME TO GRADE THEM OR LOOK AT THE DATE . HE BOUGHT THEM FROM THE BANK OF BOSTON EVERY MONTH FOR 10 CENTS EACH. THE BAGS COST ME 25 CENTS PER COIN.

WE HAVE MANY NEW LARGE CENTS IN INVENTORY STARTING SEPT 2018 I WILL START CHECKING TO MAKE SURE WE CHANGE THE QUANTITY WE SOLD 296 TO A CUSTOMER FROM FRANCE FOR A DISPLAY IN A COLLAGE CABINET.

One thing I have heard for years SLABBED LARGE CENTS HAVE A N NUMBER AS A VARIETY ON THE HOLDER

Ask what it means & you get that is up to you to research.

You would think if you are going to sell a product with this statement you can assume the Dealer knows what it means.

I will try to show as many as I have time for.

Please: if you find a bargain price look close it usually is not. & how do you know it is a bargain ?

There are many price guides & none ever has the same price

Dont buy a coin unless it has a Grade on the coin holder.

Dont buy if the holder only says circulated.

Buy a photo grade book of ANA grading book. It will give you some basic + details on grades & what to look for

Always ask for a business card. Phone number that never gets answered .

I always state for me the easiest way to get in touch with me is my E-mail , E mail, web site.

ANYTHING IN RED ARE THE DATES WE ADDED INTO INVENTORY READY TO SELL. WITH MANY MORE TO COME

YEAR GRADE PRICE QT IN QUANTITY NOTES

PER COIN STOCK MINTED

1794 FINE $900 REPLACED

1795 VG $700

1798 FINE $500 Style 2

1798 GOOD $190 1 ST HAIR STYLE

The 1700 Large Cents for some reason I can look at for hours. from the time I was 10 years old I liked the tall tails Ma called bull crap.

The 1798 Large Cent is is an amazing puzzle . Over the years I heard there were 1,842,000 with 4 or 5 Varieties.

Now back in 1962 I was able to buy 26 of this date & I paid 50 cents each . I 1963 I bought 29 for .75 cents each all had full date & Liberty & hair to the back of the head & dress lines. The 2 Banks in town would save any large cent for me & every 2 weeks I would go.& buy them for 10 Cents each

The 1798 First Hair Style was extremely confusing for me verses the #2 hair style. It took me 2 years to figure out the 2 different styles because I had no one to learn from. Every Coin I drew how the coin looked. Then out of the blue ons using a red crayon I found 9 coins with a extra curl & the rest did not have this curl. Still I wasent sure I really found something until latter when Coin Dealer Mr Beeby explained the 2 varieties.

S-144 1798 First Hair style most were GOOD & VG porous

This variety S-144 with a die crack left of OF across the top & to the right. The surfaces had some corrosion & some had more.

I found out this was typical for this year & style. This is usually found in low grade & porous

$-145 1878 First Hail Style Recognized by a die chip . Not found in High Grades. I saw the neck to bulge not straight like I was told.

S148 First Hair Style . On the reverse you find a die crack througt the top of NITED in united but is not strong. You have to look for it.

It also has weak hair above the ear back . Most First Hair have a large 8 in the date.

1800 FAIR + but shy AG+ $55 NICE smooth coin from a small Irish village family

1800 AG+ $55 replaced with 12 coins same family this was the first year members of

1800 VG $280 the family boarded a ship indentured to AMERICA

1801 GOOD $140 replaced

1801 1/100 VF+ $900 S222

The 1801 Drapped Bust LARGE CENT has a inventory of 1,326,837 with 3 Major varieties & all errors will be found on the REVERSE of the coin The Rarest & most expensive Variety is the 3 ERRORS

The coin has 1/000 fraction along with 1 stem on the bottom of the branches where there should be 2 stems.

The letter U in UNITED was originally engraved upside down assumption was by mistake becoming Inverted resulting in an inverted U The mistake was corrected & the coin was struck a 2nd time with a U over an inverted U. This resulted in doubling of the serifs on the top & bottom of the letters. If you dont look close it looks like 2 separate letters an I & I & now looks like INITED.

Number 2 Variety is not as severe as the 3 ERRORS VARIETY with only one error with the Fraction 1/000

instead of 1/100 to show it was 1 Cent.

Over the last 58 years I have shown Coin Dealers this variety in their inventory & not one ever said thank you. In 2009 I stopped showing

the error to dealers. There is no real price changes untilll you reach VF & EF & the price changes become large.

Number 3 Variety is 1/000 was corrected with the 1/100 fraction struck over the 1/000 part of the O cn usually clearly br seen under the 1 in 100.

The lettering along with other designs were repunched into the die by hand creating several errors for Draped Bust Large Cents .

Lower grades of this variety are requested more than the higher grades. Price has a lot to do with purchasing.

1802 STEMS GOOD $100 replaced with 6 coins PORICE found in Saint Louis pawn shop

1802 STEMS GOOD/VG $100 HUGE DIE BREAK

1802 STEM LESS VF $600 small line in front of face

1802 STEMS VF $580 replaced

1802 STEMS VF+ $625 1 IN DATE TOUCHES THE HAIR

1803 STEMS VG $150 SMALL DATE SM FRACT

1803 STEMS VG $150 replaced SMALL DATE SM FRACT

1803 STEMS FINE $350 SM DATE SM FRACT

1803 STEMS FINE+ $380 SMDT SM FRACTBLUNT 1 IN DATE

1803 STEMS GOOD+ $350 LG DATE LARGE FRACT LT RIM DING

1803 STEMS VG $550 LG DATE LARGE FRACT

1805 GOOD $110 LIGHTLY POROUS

1805 VG $140 replaced

1805 FINE+ $290 replaced 941,116 MINTED

1805 VF $575 VERY NICE LOOKING COIN

1806 AG+ $60 replaced

1806 GOOD $120 replaced

1807 VF $775 USUAL LATE DIE STATE

1807/6 FINE $525 LARGE 7

1807/6 LARGE 7 OVER 6 FINE $590

The 1807 Large 7 over 6 is a very interesting coin to collect with a mintage of 829,221 .

There are 2 styles S272 = blunt 1 & S273 Pointed 1

The S272 is one of the rarest Draped Bust Cent varieties. The S273 overdate is more common.

We bought an average of 2,000 Large Cents a year all through 1970 & 1980

Walter Breen spent many hours at our back up table taking Large Cents out of the dark yellow envelopes that I graded & he re graded

or agreed with my grade & placing the variety on the envelope always explaining his finding usually at the Santa Clara Coin convention

Rudy Christianson held .Walter would stop at the store & he would go in the office & work like a kid in a candy store, like me.

He told me my grading was good but my knowledge of Varieties needed a lot of help & I 100% agreed on the Varieties.

If you buy Slabbed Coins I dont think you will find more than 300 1807/6 coins . Many are bought & broken out by collectors.

Most of the mintage you will find in lower grades because a large Cent at this time 1807 was a lot of money.

1808 AG+ $85 NICE SMOOTH SERVICE VERY LIGHT POROUS

1808 VG $250

1808 FINE+ $525 S 279

1808 FINE/ VF $700

1810 AG $90 replaced bought 21 in New Mexico LARGE 0

1810 AG $80 replaced bought 10 at a coin convention in England

1810 FINE $560

1810 / 9 AG+ $80 replaced This is not a easy coin to find in low grade

1810 / 9 FINE/VG $400

1811 GOOD $210

1812 AG $80 LARGE DATE DIE VARIETY IV

1813 GOOD $125 END OF DIE MULTIPLE DIE BREAKS CUD 1813 FINE $550 DATE SITTING ON RIM NO EYE LID

1813 FINE $650 FULL EAR & EYE MORE HAIR DETAIL

1813 FINE + $650 FULL EAR & EYE NICE DETAIL

1813 VF $920 LIGHT POROUS VERY GOOD STRIKE

1813 is a scarce coin with a mintage of 418,000 & 2 Varieties S290 + & S292

It is well known for its problems from AG to UNC. S292 Reverse Denticlesare usually not seen on the coin.

EF & higher are conditionally rare P total slab=290 + N= 150 out of a inventory minted of 418,000

I have only seen 1 in MS65 Slab , 2 in MS64 Slab , 1 in MS63 Slab

The Classic Head Large Cent have always been notorious for their condition scarcity.

I found over 200 coins without most of the denticles around the reverse rim.

The 1813 was one of the great example I used in my grading class for many years

Most I found with a dark surface that was known for the year for this scarce type.

Like many of the Large Cents I was able to retain for teaching 80 each from AG to EF. In EF I never have found more than 18 that I

was able

Most of the time I found the 1813 to be worn with corrosion & never really found more than 2 each that looked like a clone.

1814 AG $80 PLAIN 4

1816 AG+ $25

1816 GOOD+ $42

1816 ROTATED DIE VG+ $80 N2 NICE CUD RIGHT SIDE

1816 mintsge 2,820,982 The dies were used to much creating many varieties but fun for collectors.

1816 Has Varieties N1 - N9 but the ones seen the most are N2 being the most popular then N4

The N2 again the most Iv seen in over 60 years has a Rim Break between Stars 8 to 10 & 11 & repunched N in ONE bottom left.

N4 the OF is far to the right of STATES

N5 is rarely seen especially in high grades usually a very blunt strike on the obverse.

N7 re punched O in ONE

You will find rim crumbling behind the head on many 1816 Large Cents

Early strikes usually show the lines in most of the 13 STARS not always on the left side

Several rotated reverse dies exist

1817 13 STARS AG $25

1817 13 STARS GOOD $37

1817 13 STARS VG $45 THE 1817 IS USUALLY FOUND IN LOW GRADES

1817 13 STARS VG + $50

1817 13 STARS FINE $60

1818 GOOD $30

1818 GOOD + $38

1818 has a mintage of 3,167,000 . It has over 1,000 in Slabs from P & N . You will also find many in ANACS slabs. The dies were not very good & created many different varieties. most are from die cracks.

Over the years so called experts almost every one I met in 1960-1970 with their stinky big fat cigars puffing smoke told me there was only 2 varieties.

I had already found 6 different varieties

There are 10 Varieties . 5 are known to b Common & 5 are Scarce bu what many people tell you.

My findings over the years of buying over 2 600 coins is a little different .

I find N2 -N3 -N5- N8 -N9 & N10 to be Common

I find N10 to be over the years the most common with a great looking crack that travels all the way around the coin. This shows how bad the dies were. But, these are my findings & some one else may have different findings..

N 5 Cracks begin at a denticle left of the date & joins the first 3 stars.

N 6 Die crack reverse bottom STATES to ER in AMERICA. The Obverse has slight doubling in peripherals

N 7 faint die cracks joining star 6 & 7

N 8 numerous cracks all over the coin

1819 AG $20

1819 GOOD $30

1819 SMALL DATE VF+ $82 SOLD

1819 LARGE DATE VG $36

1819 LARGE DATE VF+ $90

1820 LARGE DATE AG $20 SOLD HOLE Note The birth of our first child in Vermont USA

1820 SMALL DATE VF $250 LARGE CURLY TOP LOOP 2 HUGE E R5 N4

1820 LARGE DATE AG+ $24 CUD 13 TH STAR

1821 GOOD $56

1821 GOOD + $58

1821 VG $85

1821 VF+ $575

1822 AG $18 HOLE

1822 VG $55

1822 SMALL DATE VF $250 CURLEY 2 SOLD

1823 N2 GOOD 6 $250 I have only seen a total of 6 at Auction since 1969

1823 N2 VF 30 $2200 2 cuds above Star 4 & 5 thenabove Star 6 N2 This has always been one of my favorite Large Cents. Sometimes in life as a young boy you meet people that are outstanding in how

they treat you & that they can influence you in your life. I met Aubrey & Adeline Bebee at a coin convention & Adeline came up to me moving guys out of the way & said you look lost. I was the only kid on the convention floor.I had my bag of Large Cents & tried to talk to dealers who kept telling me to get out of the way of the men looking at coins. I did not know Adeline but she had a nice face. She had me

go behind there table & sit . She said this is Aubrey. He was real busy with customers. Adeline came back with a hamburger & coke & other food & we all sat & ate. Aubrey asked me what I had in the bag & I proudly showed him. He told me a lot of things about coins & stamps.

from Foreign Countries & the U.S. Adeline took me for a walk around the floor & moved people out of the way so I could look at the coins.

Adeline brought me out to the bus stop when it was time for me to leave , gave me a brown paper bag it was heavy & she said do not open this until you get home. The bag had 10 Large Cents & 20 each dollar size Foreign Coins mostly from South America in the bag.

That was when I really decided I wanted to become a Coin Dealer in life but a artist ,a police man & then a soldier first. I remembered & wrote down on the way home most of what Aubrey told me. In the bag I found 8 each 1823 Large Cents with a note. Look at each coin put on paper what you see on each one tape it to the paper & mail all of them back to me. He even put a $1.00 bill in the bag. He sent them back to me with information on each coin I did not see to write down plus he sent me 10 more coins & said you can have this new bunch for $1.00 but you have to do the same & send them back to me. I became a coin dealer first.

I met them many time up until l 1990 & one day I heard he passed away in Omaha. I never saw Adeline again.

The 1823 N 2 Large Cent is a coin you may never see in Mint State , but it is still a key date in Large Cents

1824 AG. $40 all LIBERTY & STARS CLEANED

1824 VG $150

1824 VF $420

1825 AG+ $36

1825 GOOD $60

1825 GOOD $60 CLEANED from a store selling copper bars.

1826 AG $18 1,517,425 coin from Providence Rhode Island

1826 GOOD $56

1826 GOOD . $52

1826 VG $85

1827 GOOD 6 $72

1827 VG $100

1827 VG + $105

1827 VG + $110

1827 VF $200

1827 VF $220

1828 LL VG $65

1828 LL VG 10 $70

1828 LL VF $115 Top of O can be seen between S & O OF

The 1828 Large Letters is a fun Large Cent to collect there are over 12 varieties to be found in a mintage of 2,260,624.

N5 is the easiest to locate with a large cud over ED in UNITED

N11 is the Variety I have seen the most.

1829 GOOD $70

1829 GOOD + $75

1829 VG $105 Small rim marks 12:00

1829 VG $110

1829 VF $180

1830 AG $25

1830 LARGE DATE AG $15 broken die end of planchet

1830 AG/GOOD $32

1830 MEDIUM DATE GOOD $40 Not A well struck coin A & C close $ down low

1830 MEDIUM DATE VG $77 A & C CLOSE S LOWER in STATES

1830 MEDIUM DATE VG $65 LIGHT RIM BUMP

1830 MEDIUN DATE VG $65 LIGHT RIM BUMP

1830 MEDIUM DATE FINE $80 A & C CLOSE S LOWER in STATES

1830 MEDIUM DATE FINE + $85 SAME AS ABOVE but this date iis not well struck

1830 MEDIUM DATE FINE15 $60 Rim bump 7: 00

The 1830 has many Varieties the one most seen will be LARGE & SMALL LETTERS N6 is the only die marriage with a

Large Letter reverse & scarce usually with die cracks at ATES O & UNITE die crack above letters..

well known to be softly struck across the central devices.

This is an important date in the middle date range of large cents

1831 VG small punch $15 small round lite punch in cheek

1831 GOOD $40 1831 GOOD $40 Variety line through 8 - 13

1831 GOOD $40

1831 GOOD+ $42

1831 VF $125

The 1831 Large Cent has a mintage of 3,359,260 . There are several varieties . This is a very popular Coin.

One is the Large Letters within this variety there are 14 other varieties numbered 1 - 14. The Scarcest are #8 #9 #10 & #14.

The second Variety is the Medium Letters & within this variety there are 5 varieties , The scarcest are #4 & #5

You will need pictures of the Large Letters & this Medium Letters & really study the differences. This is a great challenge.

Large Letters N 1 variety is very common with the Obverse has a die crack through the top of the date & several stars in either direction.

Medium Letters N2 is usually easy to see with several of the stars are out to the rim plus different spots of rim crumbling. The boarder

from 1:00 - 2:00 is much narrower than the rest of the coin. Rim crumbling I found located only in the same spots..

Medium Letters N3 is a coin I was able to have 16 to compare & all had the same of center left not extreme . The boarder is wider on the right side & narow on the left. . Stars were flat usually from 6-12 o clock.

Medium Letters N4 was a surpris with a full boarder but againe more along the right side & I find out of 22 coins no fading or weak .

You will find the the reverse with cracks as usual & the best is the normal easy to spot weak E in CENTS looks like a die problem.

Medium Letters N5

1832 AG. $25

1832 VG HOLE $15

1832 VG $60

1832 VF $105 thin letters low toward rim date die break stars

1832 VF+ $105 thicker letters rotated right NO die break

1833 AG+ $20

1833 VG $56

1833 FINE $80

1833 FINE 15 $85

1833 VF $125 1833 NUMBERS THINNER LARGE STARS

1834 AG $10 SMALL 8

1834 GOOD $50 SMALL 8

1834 FINE $105 SMALL 8

1834 FINE $105 LARGE 8

1834 FINE $105 SMALL 8

1834 VF $160 LARGE 8

1834 EF $250 LARGE 8

1834 LARGE 8 MED STARS EF+ $1250 LT POROUSITY OBV & REV DEEP STRIKE OBV

1835 GOOD $50 SMALL 8

1835 VG $80 SMALL 8

1835 VG 8 $86 SMALL 8

1835 FINE $105 SMALL 8

The 1835 has 3 major varieties Small 8 Small stars .

Large 8 Large Stars & head of 1836 This coin you need to use a loop or 10X magnifier . Sometimes the 8 is prominent.

1836 small hole center VG $35 Cud over star 8

1836 VG 10 $65

This is a Variety N6 with a rim cud above star 6 with a interesting story to me. I always enjoy the History behind a coin.

In 1939 a small machine shop in Northern California took all the Large Cents he could & had a boy sit every day & use a hand drill to

make different size holes in the coin. It was the only way to acquire copper for making different size washers & parts for clocks. There was little copper within 200 miles of his small town. I bought several coins from this family but they would not let me buy the ledger with the history. I did read in his ledger that he also made fire place screens & it took 250 large cent to be flattened heated & forged together.

The 1836 mintage was 2,111,000 & I have found 7 different varieties N3 is one I bought the most with a rim break over Star 6 finding 294. The next Variety I bought the most of was N6 with rim cud between Star 7 & 8.

All the 1836 Large Cents are the new style of Portrait created 1/2 way through 1835 coinage.

The next Variety I seen a lot of is N2 & I think this is the most common Variety

Red is not a color Iv seen on a 1836 Large Cent but I have seen some with light red around the stars never bright.

I have seen a total of 19 slabbed 1836 Large Cents & the last time I looked I think there are around 36-40 but Im not sure because I am not a fan of any coin becoming a Commodity controlled by a hand full of wealthy Coin Dealers.

1836 VF $105

1836 EF $180 CUD OVER STAR 6

1837 GOOD 6 $28

1837 VG/FINE $46 MORE TO THE VG + end of die falling apart

1837 VG $36

1837 VG $36 5,558,300 MINTAGE

1837 FINE 15 $42 N4 DIE CRACKS

1837 VF $80 VERY NICE STRIKE PLAIN CORD

1837 VF+ $85 VERY NICE BEADED CORD

1838 AG $12

1838 GOOD $30

1838 VG $38 DARK

1838 VG+ $42

1838 FINE 15 $55

1838 FINE 15 $55 FINE/VF

1838 FINE+ $50 EXTRA FLANGE BOTTOM RIGHT OF R ATTACHED

1838 FINE $46 I ONLY HAVE 6 LEFT IN FINE FROM WHEN I HELD

1838 FINE $46 MY GRADING CLASS OF LARGE & HALF CENTS

1838 FINE $46 2 TIMES A YEAR IN SUNNYVALE CALIFORNIA

1838 FINE $46 AT MACKS COINS FROM 1970 - 1982

1838 FINE $46 THE 1838 HAS A MINTAGE OF 6,370,200 WITH NO

1838 EF $180 NO MAJOR VARIETY MANY FOUND IN GOOD +

1838 EF $180 NICE STRIKE

1838 EF $180

1838 EF+ $190 NICE EARLY STRIKE

1839 AG $20

1839 AG $30

1839 FINE $85 HEAD OF 1838 BEADED HEAD BAND 1839 GOOD $45 BOOBY HEAD LOOK AT BOTTOM OF HAIR

1839 GOOD $45 BOOBY HEAD

1839 EF $210 BOOBY HEAD look at hair & no line under CENT

The 1839 Coronet Head Large Cent is a fun coin to look for . It has 4 Major Varieties

1939 has the head of the 1836 PLAIN CORD, THEN THE 1839 HEAD OF 1838 braided cord, Then the SILLY HEAD with a lock of hair

on the for head .Then the BOOBY HEAD WITH A SHOULDER TIP.

After examining 2,321 1839 I found through Walter Breen guidence the first the Head of the 1836 was the oldest Variety this was with

a plain cord where I found most 1839 Large Cent with a beaded cord.

The 6 was showing with the 9 becoming the rarest of all the 1839 Varieties

The next Variety or what I learned from from one of my Customers who was a History Professor at Stanford University # 2nd Variety

I attended several of the Great Professor classes.. It had the head of the 1838 lacking a lock of hair on the FOREHEAD

Then there is the SILLY HEAD & THE BOOBY HEAD.

1840 GOOD $32 SMALL DATE

1840 VG $34 SMALL DATE

1840 VF35 $58 SMALL DATE

1840 EF+ $150 SMALL DATE

1840 VG+ $38 LARGE DATE

1840 VF35 $58 LARGE DATE

1840 VF35 $60 LARGE DATE

1840 EF $120 LARGE DATE

1841 FINE+ $105

1841 VG $70 SMALL DATE

1841 VF $175 N3 R3

1842 AG $15 SMALL DATE

1842 VG $30 SMALL DATE

1842 VG $30 SMALL DATE This was my last example for my grading example out of the 120 I used for all Large Cent Classes. Every class ended up buying grading examples

1842 VF35 $70 SMALL DATE

1842 EF $115 SMALL DATE

1842 GOOD 8 $27 LARGE DATE

1842 VG $30 LARGE DATE

1842 FINE $37 LARGE DATE

1842 FINE $38 LARGE DATE

1842 FINE + $38 LARGE DATE

1842 AU $280 LARGE DATE

1842 VF35 $80 SMALL

1843 VG $28 SMALL

1843 FINE 15 $50 SMALL

1843 VF $28

1843 VF20 $56 SMALL DATE

1843 VF35 $80 LARGE DATE PETITE HEAD

1843 VF35 $80 LARGE LETTERS PETITE HEAD

1843 EF $85 END OF DIE SMALL DATE

1843 HEAD OF 40 VF+ $65

1844 VG $34

1844 VG $34 RECUT 4

1844 FINE $38 REPUNCHED 4 N5

1844 FINE $40

1844 FINE/VF $46 DOUBLE 8

1844 VF $56 1 LEFT OF NECK VARIETY

1844 VF $60 NO VARIETY

1845 Braided Hair Large Cent has over 15 varieties.

I acquired 102 of these coins in the mail sent to my house in 1966 when I was still in the Army in Asia.

This was one of my favorite coins. At this time grading was simple with Good, VG, Fine, VF, AU & UNC . You could grade a coin & also change the points in your car . There were no computers & the GOOD 6 & VERY GOOD 8.& 10, FINE 15, VF 25 ,30, 35 DID NOT

EXIST EF was EF AU was AU & a UNC was a UNC. not the continues bouncing like the Stock Market that it is today. But times change & Slabbing is now the it.. I do like the Slabbing only for preserving a truly UNC Coin

N4 Die cracks through the tops of UNT & Star 6 has no lines or just small marks sometimes visible

N7 I did not know this was as scarce as it has become at the time. It had die lines through the 8 & 4 on the inside. Walter Breen really liked this variety.

N9 has a crack from a reverse die cud at the rim under the left ribbon. Die cud is visible without a 5 power glass.die crack through the D

in UNITED & the 2nd T in STATES starting from the left of the T to the top of the rim. Another crack left of O across the top of both, Then a crack of right top of F to the rim..

Crack top of M in AMERICA through top of E & R then back up to the rim.

There is at times a bump on Liberties upper lip..

N11 Cud on rim over 3 & 4 in the date. Star 13 very weak sometime only 1/2 or less showing

N12 Cud at the rim over Star 3

N15 Die break over U in UNITED

All 102 were used in my Large Cent class. I used 100 ungraded & no Variety information coins that I had purchased a year before from Rudy Christians first Coin show in San Jose California.

1845 GOOD $10 A a lot of bumps in metal all through coin

1845 GOOD $28 Several marks on coin typical

1845 GOOD+ $28 Nice flat smooth coin

1845 FINE 15 $40

1845 VF 20+ $54

1845 VF 25 $56 N 2 nice coin very few marks

1845 VF 25 $56 N 2 same as above both from a green album 1952

1845 VF 35 $60

1845 EF 45 $90 This has a nice low date long top 5 good strike

This is the first coin I have seen with Star 12 weak & Star 13 almost not visible with strong deep cut hair curls above the stars.

1846 Braided Hair Large Cent has 3 Varieties sometimes not easy to distinguish unless you have looked at several.

You have a SMALL DATE, A MEDIUM DATE & A TALL DATE There are 15 different Die Varieties.

When ever I mention a Die Variety it is from my evaluating my own coins to find the N#

I HAVE 290 MORE 1846 LARGE CENTS IN THE SAFE BUT I HAVE MANY OTHER COINS TO GRADE

N1 the 18 re punched i Under the one 8 re punched under the 8

N3 most popular die state on late state production with rim cuds

N2 One in the date re punched to the west top of 1 under 8 left

THE SMALL DATE N6 Has a faint re punched 4 under neath the 4. The 6 is re cut & very visible under the 6

Best found is hair pointing to right of 8 all others point to top of 8

N 8 Several die lines beneath chin

N10 die lines on the field down near the neck seen on many low grade as well as UNCs

N 17 Die cracks at ATES & MERI

N 10 Die lines on the field near the neck & upper hair line. Sometimes because of the condition of the coin not easy to see.

A good friend who kept in touch with me when I was in the Army Adeline & Aubrey Beebe were great helping friends to me .

N15 is one every one misses it has a die crack above e in UNITED at the rim look close one small line vertical.

N16 repunched 46

MINTAGE IS 4,120,800

1846 VG $32 SMALL DATE

1846 VG 10 $32 SMALL DATE

1846 VG N8 $32 SMALL DATE

1846 FINE +N6 $50 SMALL DATE

1846 VF20 N10 $55 SMALL DATE

1846 VF20 N20 $55 SMALL DATE

1846 VF30 N8 $60 SMALL DATE

1846 VF35 $70 SMALL DATE

1846 AU N8 $180 SMALL DATE

1846 GOOD $17 MEDIUM DATE

1846 EF+ N8 $95 MEDIUM DATE

1846 FINE 15 $40 LARGE DATE DARK

1846 FINE 15 $50 LARGE DATE

1847 Braided Hair Large Cent has 30+ varieties . A fantastic coin to try to acquire all the Varieties. It is an exciting date.

The N19 is the one Variety I have sold over 68 from 1970-1992. It has a repunching on the upper parts of the Crossbar on the 4.

Latter dates show die chips left of the R in Liberty. Sometimes you need a 5 to 10 power magnifier..

N1 Bold re punched date. You really can see this at the bottom left of the 1 & the 4.

N4 18 repunched both top & bottom. Nice bold strike through beneath E in ONE. This is sean with vust your eys no glass needed.

N7 Rim cud between4 & 7 oclock on the rim. Ive sold 42 but most had the cud under star 1 than star 2

N8 This is a bold struck coin except for Star 5 that is much weaker most of the time missed by people . Also LI in Liberty weak.

N13 Heave cracks mostly across AMERICA

N14 I have only seen 26 mostly in a VF condition thr 1 in the date is far left.

N27 Bold repunch under the base of the 1 & the 8.

1847 GOOD $12 Small Rim Bump

1847 GOOD $18

1847 VG10 $32

1947 VG $32

1847 VG $32

1847 FINE $40

1847 VF20 N12 $80 DIE BREAK STATES

1847 VF $80

1847 VF30 N14 $85 DATE FAR LEFT

1847 VF35 $85 3 SMALL MARKS ON RIM BUT A NICE STRIKE

1847 EF $110

1847 EF $120

1847 AU $230 LIGHT BRIGHT COLOR

1848 AG $14

1848 GOOD $25

1848 VG $30

1848 VG $32

1848 FINE $40

1848 VF $70

1848 VF30 $70

1848 VF $70

1848 VF35 $85

1848 EF $105

1849 Braided Hair Large Cent to my knowledge there are 29 Varieties. Most of the Varieties are Common. Most I have not seen.

N2 is the variety I have seen the most with the top of CE in Cent crumbling.

N7 The 18 is slightly re punched at the top. I needed to look with a 5 power glass most of the time.

N8 I have only seen 6 with a re punched 9 to the right of the bottom of the 9 usually very strong

N12 I liked this Variety that so many people miss . The upright of the 1 is partially past the bust tip

Every Large Cent Class I held every one totally missed this variety except for my History Professor at Stanford.

N15 is one of my favorite 1849 Large Cents There is a line through the middle of the O in OF many have the rim break over Star 7.Star 8 & Star 9.. I found several with the break that is weak & some strong.

N16 This was tough for me to find & after looking at over 3,000 coins I found 4 with crumbling inside the bottom of the 9.

N22 This was another variety Walter Breen told me about only because he found 2 in a bag of 100 Large Cents I bought from Norm I knew for many years he Lover Hobo Nickles . There is a small die line behind the curl on the neck. Honestly I kept missing it.

N27 I like this variety simple to find sometimes without a glass . There is a spike line from the dentils to Star 9.

1849 GOOD $17 This is an interesting coin. The die is totally coming

1849 GOOD N12 $25 apart obverse & reverse

1849 GOOD $28

1849 VG $32

1849 VG $32 8 left of hair star not touching hair

1849 VG $32 8 left of hair

1849 VG+ $32 8 left of hair

1849 FINE N15 $39

1849 FINE $40 doubling star 8

1849 FINE $40 C & E atached

1949 VF $70

1849 VF $70 4 far away from hair curl

1849 VF $80 8 touching hair curle

1949 VF35 $85

1849 EF $120 8 & 4 not touching hair curl several stars light lines

1849 AU $280 full stars 3 stars several lines in stars a lot of hair lines

1850 AG $14

1850 GOOD $20 CORRODED AT DATE & STARS

1850 GOOD $28

1850 FINE $40

1850 VF 30 $45

1850 VF 35 $48

1850 EF 45 $74

1851 Large Cent has a mintage of 9,889,707 to me this is an astonishing quantity for a Large Cent.

This is a coin that as you look at them you will find many with a blurry detail from such a high minted quantity.

This also makes the 1851 a common coin wit an amazing 42 varieties .

I have never seen all 42 varieties I have seen N1 N2 N26 N28 N34 & N45

N 1 has heavy lie lines some around star 4

N 2 this variety you can see with a naked eye . It has a good size verticle scrape or gouge which ever you want to call it

on the neck above the 8 in the date

N 26 There are lones & small lumps on the ONE CENT N has a line on the left in the middle of the - N the E has the same thing -E

N 34 OF almost completely flat under OF leaves weak

N 45 sometimes hard to find inless late into production to see the crack in coronet

The most fun variety to find is 1851/81 When people describe this variety it sounds confusing What it is is a Normal Date sitting over

an inverted date. When as many times there is not enough time to do every thing correct the failure to notice the datepunch was inverted. This can happen for many different reasons. As time went on the punch was corrected & restamped the date into the die then they regrinded the date down. Still a larger story This is a very popular variety

Things to lok for the 5 has a small loop under the top also has a quarete c on the left bottom the 1 has a linf on the right in the niddle of the - 1 also a line above the 1

1851 AG/GOOD $17 this is a nice looking voin with a hole at 1:00

1851 GOOD $17 VG + condition partial plug 6:00 from a horse harness 1851 GOOD $26

1851 GOOD $28

1851 GOOD $28 very late die strike stars very flat date very flat

1851 GOOD $25

1851 GOOD 8 $28

1851 VG $30

1851 VG+ $32 nice VG+ detail but porous & dark

1851 FINE $36

1851 FINE 15 $38

1851 FINE $40 very light porous

1851 FINE $40

1851 FINE + $40 nice deep L in LIBERTY not soft like most

1851 VF $48 very nice over all a nice coin

1851 VF/EF 35 $60 nice smooth coin

1851 EF $70 bottom of wreath weak strike

1851 EF $70 strong obverse & reverse

1851 AU $165 early deep strike in hair & leaves not always seen

1852 GOOD $15 Sauder mark reverse

1852 GOOD $20

1852 VG $32

1852 FINE $40

1852 FINE+ $48

1852 VF $45

1852 VF $48

1852 EF $65

1852 EF $74

1852 AU+ $154

The 1853 Large Cent has a mintage of 6,641,131 it is a nice looking coin with more weak & soft strikes than usual .

I find a lot of EF coins without a full ear or hair over or in front of the ear in one particular slab company.

You will find many Un circulated coins with carbon spots above or on the top of the ear..

Usually soft struck stars all around the coin . Usually a soft chocolate brown.

Many coins have a weak 5 .

I have placed 80 each in stock with a total inventory of 460 . I had 500 in stock for my Large Cent grading classes.

Since 1970 I have sold 310 mostly VG & Fine.

You will find several variety from the left center of coins. If you look at auctions you will find 3 show up for auction year after year.

N 1 Light repunched 1 under the 1 & you may need a 5 or 10 power glass to really see this. Sometimes you dont.

N 3 Lump above the T in LIBERTY & look at the date placement.

N 6 Has a delicate Die Crack at top parts of UNITED STATES mostly seen above UNI & TATES

1853 AG $15 damaged

1853 GOOD $28

1853 GOOD + $28

1853 VG $32

1853 FINE $38

1853 FINE 15 $35

1853 VF $45

1853 VF $48

1853 VF35 $60

1853 VF35 $60 We have 48 each 1853 in VF in stock

1853 EF $66 We have 12 each 1853 in EF in stock

1853 EF+ $80

The 1854 Large Cent has a mintage of 4,236,136 & is a coin with 30 Varieties with 6 Very Common, 11 Common, 8 Scarce, & 5 Very Scarce.. You will find almost 2,000 slabbed with over 200 in MS64. I have bought 36 in MS64 for customers & the grading was very good.

This year has surprised me with over 400 slabbed under MS60.

The one thing I have found with this year is it has a typical strike of several years near it except it was found having weakness at the point of the coronet & latter strikes sometimes dont show the fullline on the top of the L in LIBERYY .Many do not show all the hair over the ear

& it is also noted on MS60 - MS63 coins. You will find most Slabbed 1854 Large Cents do not show on the holder a N Number. I was told in 1996 the reason was if the N# was not on the packaging of the coin when it was submitted for slabbing there was not enough time to look the variety up because slabbing is an assembly line where you only have so much time to look at a coin .

I have not handled a lot of varieties for the 1854 except.

N10 This is a coin you have to look at with a 5 power glass to find.

There are vertical lines from BER down through the curls of the ear >the will be lines in front of the Ear.

There are other lines not easy to locate. A Curving line from the right side of the Yin Liberty & sometimes a tougher line to locate a line from the top right of the T in UNITED to the dentils over the E. I looked at 76 coins with a 10 power glass before I found everything.

N 22 is one of the reasons I say & I wonder about Varieties & who does this.

This varietie I have only found 6 total . You really have to be looking for it to find it.

There is a black or light gray spot between the ribbon end & the U in UNITED .

All you have to do is tip the coin so you are looking at UNITED & the spot will be on the left bottom of the U.

1854 GOOD+ $28

1854 FINE $38

1854 FINE $40

1854 VF $44

1854 FINE $38

1854 VF+ $50

1854 EF $65

1855 LARGE CENT MINTAGE 1,574,829 You will read most of the time there are 3 Varieties for the 1855 Large Cent.

#1 is Upright 55 , #2 Slanted 55 , #3 Knob on the ear. These are the major varieties.

In total there are 13 varieties that I know of

N 4 is one you may need a glass to see the 2 lumps below Libertys ear lobe & a pair of faint die lines on N in CENTS.

I have found most lumps to be one under under the ear lobe & one on the cheek close to the ear

The K 9 is the Knob on the Ear . I have been told for years this is a Common Variety. I have only seen & bought 22 since 1956.

N 10 is the Slanted 55 again said to be a very common & I see over the years many more Upright 55 coins.

I have a friend of mine whos Father was born 1855 & He passed away in 1935 at age 80 the same year my friend Lincoln was born

in the middle of a major snow storm in Main 16 + inches of snow. Lincoln was born in the barn when his Mom was milking the cows.

His Dad had a heart attack walking from the house to the barn.

Lincoln & I met when I was 9 years old hunting turkey & have been good friends from day one. In 1955 Lincoln wanted to make a memorial to his Dad .For 55 years until the year 2010 he bought every circulated 1855 Large Cent he could find. He still owns the 47 acre farm in Main his Dad was born on lived & died on & it is 22 miles from a paved road up against Federal land. Many of his family are buried in the cemetery his Grand Father created beside the original house. Lincolns 4 sons all bought 50 acre sections surrounding the original homestead. Lincoln built a 30 foot high cross out of old railroad tracks welding them together & placed it in the middle of the cemetery. There was a train track that went to Canada dismantled in 1960 & Lincoln acquired 140 rails & used them to build the upright structures for his cow barn. He built the cross with left over tracks. Over the years Lincoln bought over 1600 each 1855 Large Cents & every one he welded to the cross in memory of a Dad he never had the chance to know. In the 1960 time the Large Cent was still used in change as well as the 1/2 Cent, 2 Cent, 3 Cent nickel & Silver & more.

1855 UPRIGHT FINE $40

1855 UPRIGHT VF $48

1855 UPTIGHT VF $48

1855 UPRIGHT EF $65

1855 KNOB ON EAR VF $140 WE JUST BOUGHT IN NOVEMBER 6 MORE

1855 SLANTED EF $65

1856 SLANTED 5 VF $42

1856 SLANTED 55 EF $70

1856 SLANTED 55 EF $73

1856 UPRIGHT 55 EF+ $80

The 1857 Large Cent has 5 Varieties . To my knowledge #N1 #N2 & # N3 have been very common since 1970. Not known to be Common 1950 through 1965. Was a Semi Rare Coin. #N 5 & # N6 are Proof.

The 1857 Large Cent has an interesting story. First it is the less minted with only 333,456 for both varieties. It was a time where many Large Cents were falling out of favor at least that was the story. I can say I used Large Cents all the way up to 1960 in any store I went into on the East Coast. I acquired many on my towns daily news paper delivery. The smaller cent was upcoming because it dident cost as much to produce But the 1857 Large Cent was not one you found most of the time.

If you look at slabbing the Large Date with a total of close to 325. The Small Date has even less at under 50.

Large Dates I found a die punch in between U & N looks like a upside down thin T it is to thin for an I.

Many under the 8 I find a extra Dentil left corner of the 8.. Several high grades have stars with partial lines not deep .

Dentils are thin on the left side from UNITED to ST on STATES. these are all N1 varieties.

The 1857 Small Date Die lines connecting UNIT in UNITED to the Dentils are faintly visible to most people & a magnifier is required

usually a 10 power. Typical weakness in the stars.

The right side of any 1857 Large Cent I have handled had a strong die strike.

Stars on right side many have lines except they start disapearing in AU down to Good.

I finD many that do not show the top of the L in LIBERTY. Iv seen AU58 Slabbed with 1/2 of the L missing

1857 LARGE DATE EF $260

1857 SMALL DATE VF+ $280

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