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Valued Member
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Anyone get into Half Cents? I don't see much about them and I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good book about them or possibly a site that has some information. Thanks, Mark |
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Pillar of the Community
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It's funny you asked that Mark. I've dived into as much information as I can find on Half Cents in my little book collection (for a future article I'm writing). There is a lot of information about them if you're interested in their technical aspects but very little about contemporary issues and information. Walter Breen has a book dedicated to Half Cents that I understand is one of the best available. |
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Forum Dad
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or possibly a site that has some information
You could try that new Coin Community site I've heard about for lots of half cent information.  |
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 Way to be subtle.  BTW I Love the links that are attributed to the appropriate info. Edited by GO
07/04/2007 7:31 pm
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Forum Mom
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I recently purchased Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of United States Half Cents 1793-1857. It's a fabulous book. I enjoy buying reference books as much as I enjoy buying coins.  This book can be a little pricey, but is well worth it.  Edited to add: I just checked Brent-Krueger's site and he has the book on sale for $59.50. This is an excellent price for this book. Here is the link: http://www.brent-krueger.com/books2...Half%20Cents |
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Pillar of the Community
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Susanlynn9:
Breen can be very useful, however, everything that he says is not gospel.
He has many errors, so double check anything that he says: "rare" or "currently rare".
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Forum Mom
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I don't use it for rarity, just for attribution and die state.
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Pillar of the Community
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We need a picture! Any picture! Can't have a thread in a coin forum without pictures. :o)   |
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Forum Dad
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Pillar of the Community
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Breen's is probably the best to date.
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Rest in Peace
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I had an opportuinity to get a few low grade draped bust when I was younger but I passed them up; most likely foolishly but they were over 200 at the time (VG-F I believe) and I wasn't much of a serious collector. The one above my post is pretty darn nice, though. Edited by the Language Police.  Edited by coinguybrian
07/07/2007 2:26 pm
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Thanks for the info folks.
The pics were great too.
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Posted 07/04/2007 7:28 pm
