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 You guys crack me up!!
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Playing catch up... Posted these before but these are new and maybe better photos. 1803 Cent, small date, small fraction (S-255), PCGS AU50:   1806 Half Cent, Large 6, NGC MS63BN:  
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Jaobler, those are gorgeous!
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Great gals Jaobler! And now into the Classic Head Large Cents. Someone recently told me the reason many of them are in bad shape was that many of the planchets arrived from Britain after having been used as ballast on the way over. That accounted for their less than optimal shelf life as pristine coins. Anyone else heard the same? 1808 Classic Head Large Cent: 
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Jaobler - beautiful coins  Quote: Someone recently told me the reason many of them are in bad shape was that many of the planchets arrived from Britain after having been used as ballast These are hard to find in higher grades and expensive  There was a thread on CCF a while back... https://goccf.com/t/131442 1808 Half Cent  1808 Large Cent S-279   1808 Large Cent S-279  
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Quote: There was a thread on CCF a while back... Awesome info! Thanks for the link! Great coins people! 
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Thanks for the link cipster  . Regardless of their environmental experience, there is nothing like holding old copper in hand. 
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It's 1808, and the large cents have moved on to a new design. The half sisters will have to wait until next year, though... Here are a couple of the stragglers: The C-2 1808/7 overdate in PCGS F12:   And the more common C-3 in NGC AU55:  
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Edited by TJsCoins 09/03/2013 10:06 am
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What great large cents, everyone. The Classic Head was never so pretty as she was in those first few years on the large cent!
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