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Pillar of the Community
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Very nice purchases!
1795 appears to be Head of 1795
1831 is maybe Large Letters
1837 is maybe plain cord, medium letters
1840 is maybe Large date
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Thanks Mrhakfbacon! It was a single lot of coins. I have to compare the other 4 to ones I already have. Hopefully they will be a different Newcomb.
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I am not an expert on how worn large cents affects their Edge lettering, but since the lettering should be incuse I think it would show up more. I am unsure on whether it is plain or lettered, I'll try to check the die pairs.
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Looking much better upon arrival than the sellers photos showed.  Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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I'm leaning towards S-77 which is a plain edge
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I was kind of thinking S-76 or S-77 and that's why I hunted for edge lettering. I'm very happy with this purchase and it was cheap, a bit over $10 a coin.
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Great score for the price!
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The 1831 and 1852 appear to match ones I already have. The 1837 and 1840 appear to be different. I wasn't able to resolve the Newcomb number as of yet for the 1840 using DRN. What I come up with isn't close to any of the 6 possibilities.
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04/18/2026 9:34 pm
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Looking much better! Errers and Varietys.
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very nice score Seeker! and thanks for the updates
(I modified the title a bit to indicate the updates.)
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Great purchase! Regarding the 1795 - I have an S-73 lettered edge and seem to remember that the planchet is thicker than the plain varieties. Can anyone confirm that?
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Following up on the discussion whether the Op's 1795 cent could be lettered edge. In case anyone is interested yes I was correct that the planchet is thicker and of course heavier. 13.48 grams vs 10.89 grams. However here's a tidbit from PCGS CoinFacts  "Sheldon 76a is the last of the heavyweight Large Cents. Lighter version were made later in the year using the same dies -- these are known as S-76b. However, some of the heavyweight planchets bypassed the edge lettering process, thus we have a few S-76a's without edge lettering -- these are known as S-76a/b, they are generally considered to be mint errors, and they are not required in a complete die variety collection. To make things even more interesting, an S-76 exists with edge lettering on a thin planchet." Member ANA and EAC "You got to lose to know how to win". Dream On by Aerosmith |
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