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Pillar of the Community
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1856 Slanted 5 Liberty Braided Hair Large Cent Was going through the LCS junk bin and noticed the slanted 5 figured it must be a variety. I don't collect large cent. it has either a crack or scratch but it was a junk bin pick just to grab and research after the fact.   
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Every large cent "is a variety". The 1856 comes with bother slanted and upright 5's. There are 21 varieties in 1856, 8 of them with upright 5's, and 13 with slanted 5.
It tends to be almost impossible to attribute the late date cents from a photo. From what I see it is 3,4,13,17, or 22 (all common except 22) and I am leaning more toward 3 or 17. Better closeup images of the date area would help.
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Pillar of the Community
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oh wow that sounds fun.. I need to start collecting them.. I love collecting varieties & errors.. I got about 10 of them but all from junk bins hard to find them in good grades locally.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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The close up helped, and also showed me I was wrong on my previous leaning. I would now say it is either N-4 or 13.
Large cent varieties can be a lot of fun, but the late dates are VERY difficult to attribute for a novice. Early dates and middle dates are much easier, but the early dates are expensive and hard to do in the lower grade/cost pieces.
For a novice I would recommend working on the middle dates. There are plenty of varieties, those from 1816 to 1834 are fairly easy to identify in most any grade and it will give you the training needed to learn how to notice the differences between dies. There is also the advantage that there are rarities in the series and it is still possible to cherrypick some of the tougher varieties.
One of the downsides for the novice or young collector though is the references are not cheap.
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Pillar of the Community
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Cool thanks for the info.. I will look into getting the reference books..
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Valued Member
United States
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In a junk bin? Only large cent ever seen in a junk bin would have to have a good size hole in it! What do you pay for a coin like this in a junk bin?
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Large cent varieties can be a lot of fun, but the late dates are VERY difficult to attribute for a novice. Early dates and middle dates are much easier, but the early dates are expensive and hard to do in the lower grade/cost pieces.
Completely  with all of that! I have Grellman's book on the late date Large Cents, and it's still extremely hard to attribute, I've given up on coins below VF grades, unless I see something that could possibly make it an R5 coin or rarer. I love the 1794 cents but my budget only allows me to buy worn ones or just books on them, sirloin coins on a hamburger helper budget.  So I try to buy the middle dates and late dates when ever I can find a few at a good price, at least I'm still having fun trying to attribute them. You can't really go wrong with old copper coins at a fair price, they seem to keep going up in cost (even junky looking ones) and the chances of hitting a score by finding a really rare one is still quite likely. That is why I keep trying to learn all I can about the early coppers.  "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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and the chances of hitting a score by finding a really rare one is still quite likely. SHHHHHHH!! That is supposed to be a secret!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Well I'd buy all of them that I could that look like this one at $5.00 apiece!
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Pillar of the Community
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That looks like a pretty decent coin from a junk box.
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Pillar of the Community
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with jimbucks, great buy! |
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Pillar of the Community
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I got 11 of them now never paid more then $10 on them most in $5 or 6 range
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