Large Cents Attribution Abbreviations

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mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3552 Posts	Posted 10/02/2015 2:09 pm Please send a link to a web site that defines the following large cents attribution abbreviations: C, FPR, NC, NIT, NL, NR, PC, PFL, PHL, PLF, PR, R, SPC, SPR and the interpretations of the following two hyphenated strings of these letters: C-NR-SPC-NC, SPC-PR-PC-NC Report this Post to the Staff

OldSkoolMadSkilz Pillar of the Community United States 2077 Posts	Posted 10/03/2015 04:51 am It has to do with the letter position relative to leaf tips to D, S, F, and C on uniteD stateS oF ameriCa. IT was developed by Newcomb. Not sure what a few of the abbreviations you list are, but the official list is: PL- Past Left L- Left NL- Near Left NC- Near Center C- Center SPC- Slightly Past Center PC- Past Center NR- Near Right R- Right SPR- Slightly Past Right PR- Past Report this Post to the Staff
mdpmedia Pillar of the Community United States 3552 Posts	Posted 10/04/2015 06:24 am Quote: ....and the interpretations of the following two hyphenated strings of these letters: C-NR-SPC-NC, SPC-PR-PC-NC Does anyone know how to interpret the above when analyzing a LC? The Noyes' book 1816 - 1839 LCs typically shows this type of information. Also the yet-to-be defined PLF, FPR, PLD, PLS, NIT,& PHL came from either this same Noyes' book or from Sheldon's Penny Whimsy 1793 - 1814. Report this Post to the Staff
1893S Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 10/04/2015 12:22 pm As to your first question-It was explained to you in the above post. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 10/05/2015 04:30 am Quote: C-NR-SPC-NC It refers to the positions below the four major letters the point of leaf below the D is below the Center The point of leaf below the S is Nearly Right the point of leaf below the F is Slightly Past Center and the point of leaf below C is Nearly Center Report this Post to the Staff
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