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cpfull Pillar of the Community United States 603 Posts	Posted 06/10/2007 10:35 am I do not have the Cherry Pickers Guide volume 1(yet)but I saw a 1853 large cent yesterday in a shop and it had some letters on the 2X2 N-14 (could have been w) r-2+ (or 2t) and M-2ds (or Lds) It was priced above its grade (I thought), so I was wondering if these may have been codes describing a variety. I know it's hard without a photo, but does anyone know enough about the series to guess? I went to coin fact and it must be a Newcomb variety, but no photo or description Thanks in advance Report this Post to the Staff

hunter20ga Pillar of the Community United States 1173 Posts	Posted 06/10/2007 11:01 am Can't help a lot, but... N-14 tells us that it is (supposed to be) a Newcombe variety 14 for that date. The R-2+ indicates a rarity rating. (R-1 is common, R-4 is rare...R-2+ is somewhere inbetween.) I'm not an expert by any stretch of the imagination in this series, and lack any ability to help you determine if the grade, variety and rarity are correct. Alas! Others on the forum will be able to help...but only with good pics, I suppose. Good luck! Report this Post to the Staff
AuldFartte Pillar of the Community United States 830 Posts	Posted 06/10/2007 8:54 pm M-Lds means middle to late die state. Many early copper folks collect by variety (the N-14 in your case) and the real copper geeks even collect 'em by die state. The later the die state, the more "imperfections" usually found like die cracks and such. Report this Post to the Staff
cpfull Pillar of the Community United States 603 Posts	Posted 06/10/2007 9:34 pm What exactly is the variety? coinfacts has no description, and I did not see any die cracks or thelike. I did examine it under a magnifying glass and saw somw wear, but the asking price was 155$, almost MS money. I might have to go buy it just to look at it under higher mag. The store was not a coin store, it sold old lead soldiers and civil war memorabilia, the clerk claimed no knowledge of the coins he had. Report this Post to the Staff
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