Large Cent 1800 Attribution Difficulty

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Pete2226 Pillar of the Community United States 3331 Posts	Posted 11/14/2014 5:29 pm I know that 1800 large cents are quite difficult to attribute - especially when they are in no better condition than this one. There are a couple of features on this coin which are causing problems for me. One is that the two lower right outside berries do not seem to match any reverses I can find for their relative positions. Second is that the words: ONE CENT are out of alignment with each other to a degree which does not seem to match any of the reverses. Can anyone help me with this? Report this Post to the Staff

mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3546 Posts	Posted 11/15/2014 05:37 am Hi, Could you post a URL of the reference photos you are using to make your comments? mdpmedia Report this Post to the Staff
Pete2226 Pillar of the Community United States 3331 Posts	Posted 11/15/2014 06:39 am Hello mdpmedia. The reference photos I am using are in the back of the book Penny Whimsy by Sheldon, Paschal and Breen. They are a little grainy, but helpful when looking at them through a loop. This coin seems close to S-200 and S-202, but the differences have kept me away from those identities. I have also searched ha.com. I appreciate any help you might provide on this. I will be searching more online today. Report this Post to the Staff
Pete2226 Pillar of the Community United States 3331 Posts	Posted 11/15/2014 08:45 am The reverse of this coin is close to S-202, especially the stem on the lower right outside berry being almost horizontal. I overlaid my coin on an identified S-202 I found online. Unfortunately there is not a match. I am posting the result here. It seems that very few of the 1800 Large Cents have the stem of the lower right outside berry almost horizontal. I suppose that it is not diagnostic, but its presence eliminates many varietal possibilities. Report this Post to the Staff
Pete2226 Pillar of the Community United States 3331 Posts	Posted 11/15/2014 09:32 am I think I have found the identity. It is made more difficult by the coin being in such poor condition, however. I believe it is an S-200. I found that using the overlay process really helped. Some of Sheldon's description is masked by the wear and damage to the coin, but I think I have it. Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 11/15/2014 1:03 pm I'll go along with that, especially with the die bulge at STA. Yours has such a strong upper serif at the C in CENT, though. Report this Post to the Staff
Pete2226 Pillar of the Community United States 3331 Posts	Posted 11/15/2014 4:25 pm Thanks, Philadelphian - I see what you mean about the strong upper serif...I had not noticed that difference. I gather you think that is not enough to disqualify the cent for this identification? I have not been working with large cents but a few years, so there is quite a lot I don't know or understand. I find them so fascinating! Report this Post to the Staff
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