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If you add clear large pics of the 58 and 59, I'll even ID the dies for you here. The 1858 is..Turner OA3/RC3 with ~2.67% of the 58's coming from those dies. The 59 still has too much grunge on it for me to ID right now.. I'd just be guessing.. |
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The 1858 is..Turner OA3/RC3 with ~2.67% of the 58's coming from those dies. Thank you, I'll admit to knowing zilch on the subvarieties for these. That percentage works out to about 12K coins. Is that typical for any particular die pair? Quote:
The 59 still has too much grunge on it for me to ID right now. So...should I return it and get a refund? Colligo ergo sum
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If you want to try and figure out the die pair of the 1859 yourself, you can go to Dr. Haxby's 1859 website and try to match it up. www.vickycents.comYou might have to degrunge it enough to see if there are any die cracks or repunched letters. Matching up the stem to leaf 9 (bottom leaf) on the reverse is another good prospect to ID the reverse. The gap in the Loop above leaf 7 on the reverse is helpful to identify which reverse group your coin is in. Hope you enjoy the search! You've found some great deals. I always enjoy seeing what you find. |
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Just browsing through these coins I find myself, not for the first time, amazed at the craftsmanship of the die making in those days (almost 160 years ago).
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lucky cuss, may I ask about your camera setup? Those are great photos! I would love to get that deal of 20 cents each for those!!
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lucky cuss, may I ask about your camera setup? It's embarrassingly simple, really not a "setup" at all. I take the photos on my desk with the adjacent window as my source of natural sidelighting. The camera itself is nothing more than a Nikon Coolpix. Colligo ergo sum
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Colligo ergo sum
Edited by Lucky Cuss
08/08/2017 9:26 pm
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Check the letters in the Obverse (Vicky side) to look for letters that are doubled on the 1881. The 1894 might be the one worth the most (bottom left). You definitely need to keep going back to those stores.
After looking at the new photo of the '94, it appears that there is some environmental damage .. acetone might help it if it is still soft, but be careful and very gentile with something very very soft.
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08/09/2017 03:03 am
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Very nice bunch of large cents, especially at that price!
I like your 1888. It has the broken foot on the N of REGINA. Those are a little tougher to find.
Can you post a photo of your 1881-H obverse? There are a lot of neat varieties for that year.
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Can you post a photo of your 1881-H obverse?  Colligo ergo sum
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Thanks for posting the photo of the 1881-H.
Yours doesn't have any of the doubled letters okiecoiner was referring to above. Still a very nice pickup at the price you paid.
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Although as a collector, I'm not by nature a completist, once I started finding so many large cents kicking around in the "bargain" bins, I decided to see if I could assemble a full set with only such being my source. Up to now, I don't believe I've paid more that $1 for any of them, with the only holes remaining in my Whitman No. 9061 being both 1891 varieties, the 1897 and 1900, and (this being a really tough one) the 1907-H.
Colligo ergo sum
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My solitary rescue from the bargain bin today, but a pretty fortuitous one, I think. Better date, traces of original luster on the obverse, with actually quite a bit remaining on the reverse. As usual, I was able to pick it up for a pittance, 25¢ (US) in this case.   Colligo ergo sum
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'94 is a relatively harder to find date. Look for the "bold" or "fat" 4 where the handpunch digit is in a different font, easily seen on the diagonal.
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