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JeyRey2000 Pillar of the Community Canada 743 Posts	Posted 07/26/2012 9:26 pm HI there all! Recently picked up my second 1887 large cent for my collection. Tried to find a better one then I had. I took the two coins and one of them has a noticably far 7. Never seen anything about this. Can anyone help out? Are they common and is there a premium I should know about in case I decide to sell one to fill another hole in my collection. Missing only 2 coins to complete the canada cent collection in case anyone cares....lol Report this Post to the Staff

DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9864 Posts	Posted 07/26/2012 9:45 pm Nice one! It was listed in the special section of the 2011 Charlton.Have no idea as to rarity or value. Edited by DBM 07/26/2012 9:46 pm Report this Post to the Staff
dialog_gvf Pillar of the Community Canada 1581 Posts	Posted 07/27/2012 01:29 am Neat. I wonder what is the definitive list of dates that have the far last digits? The 1896 is the famous one. Rob Turner has posted a great link to a fantastic presentation on Victorian large cent varieties: http://www.victoriancent.com/upload...tion_pdf.pdf The sequence of 1896 normal to ultra-far 6 (slide 27) is amazing. There, Rob says these occurred because the last digit was hand punched. Here's my farthest 1896, which combines a far 6 with an attached die break, which I always thought was a cool combo: Report this Post to the Staff
JeyRey2000 Pillar of the Community Canada 743 Posts	Posted 07/27/2012 07:42 am Very cool presentation. Actually helps me out because I have 2 1888 large cents and the numbers and lettering on one of them appears to be much thicker on the reverse. I will have to be more careful with identifying these cents going forward. Report this Post to the Staff
bosox Pillar of the Community United States 1349 Posts	Posted 07/27/2012 12:43 pm JeyRey - That may be due to wear. Since the numbers and letters were beveled (thicker where they meet the field, thinner at their highest points), they tend to look thicker as they wear. http://www.victoriancent.com 2011 & 2025 Fred Bowman Award Winner, 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson Award Winner, & 2022 Paul Fiocca Award Winner. Life Member of RCNA. Report this Post to the Staff
JeyRey2000 Pillar of the Community Canada 743 Posts	Posted 07/27/2012 1:06 pm Both of the 1888 are similar condition. I will post pictures and you might get a better view. Hope to get some pics up tonight! it does not look like wear to me but more like punched with a different die completely. Report this Post to the Staff
kookoox10 Pillar of the Community United States 1054 Posts	Posted 07/27/2012 1:48 pm Nice find, that's a pretty obvious variety :) Report this Post to the Staff
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