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Pillar of the Community
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I actually pulled a large cent from circulation this year, I found one stuck in a coin machine at the bank I work at.
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Pillar of the Community
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The large cents were supposed to be pulled from circulation upon the release of the Flying Eagle cents, to be melted for the copper. They did continue to circulate for about a decade after that, but people did turn them in for the new small coins. |
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Pillar of the Community
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My family history supports them showing up in circulation occasionally up until WWII. My grandfather owned a restaurant/ bar up until WWII started and my father remembers pulling out large cents from the cash drawer and giving them to my great uncle who saved them. When the uncle died in about 1967 there were still about 100 of them in a jar in his closet. About 50 of those now sit in a jar in my gun safe. No rare dates and mostly very low grade but I have an emotional attachment to them.
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Pillar of the Community
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Wow, very interesting stories, everyone!
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Yeah, very interesting. I can't even fathom receiving a Large Cent in change in this day and age.
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Bedrock of the Community
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This is one reason why CCF is great; real people with real stories!
Did you happen to keep a few of the Large Cents for your own collection?
Yes I did save some of them. My Dad is gone now so I can admit I kept lots of coins from back then. When school was out I used to go to the gas station and help out at the end of the day by counting all his change. By the time the Roosevelt dimes became popular, I already had a completed set of Mercury dimes and my Dad never knew where they came from. My Mom did and told me not to tell him or they would all go to a bank where money belongs. Those large Cents were OK for me to keep since none of the machines would take them and my Mom told my Dad the banks didn't want them either. Sure wish I could go back there and tell my Dad that all change is no good so I'll just keep it all. I think that would have gotten me a few good smacks with a belt though. |
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Thats a great story just carl. I grew up on a farm, and about 10 or 15 years ago my dad and I were cleaning out the shop, and behind a big metal shelf my dad found a wooden fold out tape measure that he had broke and hid back there when he was a kid. Still didn't tell my granddad, we just threw it away and got a good laugh out of it.
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Pillar of the Community
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Curiosity got the better of me so I went out into the gun safe and got out the jar of large cents mentioned earlier in this this thread. I was wrong, there were not 50 of them, only 47. Photo attached. I guess I'll have to get out my reference books and go through them to see what varieties they are. They haven't been out of that jar in 30 plus years.  |
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I guess I'll have to get out my reference books and go through them to see what varieties they are. They haven't been out of that jar in 30 plus years. It appears that you have a fun time ahead of you!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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jfransch- yeah that will be really cool to go through those! Please tell us what you find.
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Pillar of the Community
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And heck !.....post up some pics of the good ones !!....... |
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Pillar of the Community
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I agree with eaglefoot! We need pics.
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Pillar of the Community
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Okay, okay. Here is the first update. These are the 10 earliest dates
1802
1803 (2)
1805
1807/6
1807 (3)
1810
1812
I tried to scan images but the coins are too dark for the scans to really show much. The overdate is really clear. The 1802 is almost worn smooth. One of the 1807's has a completely rotated reverse. I'll see if I can't use a camera and get some photo's. I could use any help on identifying varieties that anyone can offer.
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Pillar of the Community
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jfransch- wow! quite old coins to have been circulating in the first half of the 20th century.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The overdate is almost certainly an S-273. Not rare but one of the boldest overdates in the entire US series. (If it is an S-272 then you have a really sought after rarity. Does the 1 have a pointed upper serif or is it blunt and the 1 very close to the curl?)
The 1807 with the inverted reverse is an S-276, the last of the Draped Bust cents. Although it can be found otated to most any position the S-276 typically ome with four common rotations and about 80% of them have the reverse rotated nearly 180 degrees.
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