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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Keep in mind this is a low grade set. Any thoughts on what to get.
I'll be upgrading as I go though
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Pillar of the Community
United States
974 Posts |
I was at my local coin store last night and Dansco makes a Large Cent book that includes those years.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
666 Posts |
Sometimes you can find used folders for those. Usually around a buck. Not an album though.
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Moderator
 United States
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I will say get the Dansco 7099 album, of course it runs from 1793 to 1857. However, you can get two blank Dansco Large Cent Pages (each page holds 16 Large Cents) and a blank binder if you want to collect just the dates you have listed. I like the Dansco albums; even low grade Large Cents deserve a good home!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
830 Posts |
And if you want to collect them by variety, it will take several Dansco albums of the proper size blank pages because there are around 250 known varieties of the middle date cents. I'd love to be able to collect them like that  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
17884 Posts |
Just remember that they will not fit well in the holes in the album. Some will be tight and you may have to "ream" the holes, and in others the coin will be loose and rotate round and round.
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Valued Member
United States
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I think jbuck has the answer that will help you out the best because even a lower grade collection should still be protected and if you go with the blank pages then it does not matter what type/variety you have in there. I know that when I look in my book I get real depressed because I know how many I need to get to just fill the book and no way I could get the set AuldFartte is talking about.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
581 Posts |
I also like JBuck's idea for a couple of reasons.
1. It's about as good a protection as you'll get if you're looking at album solutions
2. If your collection grows and you find a more permanent solution, you'll still have this album as a holding place for the large cents you're not sure what to do with, want to trade/sell, etc.
Win/Win. What could be better than that?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'd love to be able to collect them like that So go ahead and do it. In lower grade there are only a few real stoppers that you will possibly not be able to afford, and only two that I can think of off the top of my head that are "impossible", 1822 N-14 and 1830 N-9. And the 22 N-14 I think is possibly still a cherrypick candidate. I've cherried several of the R-5 pieces in the middle date series, one of them not that long ago. |
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Valued Member
United States
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I've been curious about the large cent. Can anyone suggest a must-have book or two on the subject. Any help would be appreciated.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If your just starting such a set and of just low grades, I would suggest you just get a 3 ringed binder, some of those plastic pages for 20 2x2's, and for now make your own album. I suggest this due to how many start albums, then tire of them or that type of coin. Then the albums is a waste of money and space. The 3 rigged binder method could be used for all types of other miscellaneous coins just starting out. As you improve and/or update this set, then it may well be time to start looking for a proper album.
Using this method you could leave spaces for coins you plan on someday acquiring and leave no spaces for those that are out of reach price wise.
If such a 3 ringed binder is of the 4" size, you could place many other pages for other coins in there also.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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JC, I have many albums for the penny, nickel,and dimes and all the other coins I collect, except the slabbed ones I use the 3-ring binders and 2x2's.I find this to be an easy access and buildable system, before you know it you have a bunch of binders getting heavier all the time, I really enjoy this system and someday I might want to break-down and get an album for the binder-coinage...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've been curious about the large cent. Can anyone suggest a must-have book or two on the subject. Any help would be appreciated.
"Penny Whimsy" by Sheldon for the 1793 - 1814 LCs "The Cent Book 1816-1839" By John Wright "The Die Varieties of United States Large Cents 1840-1857" By Bob Grellman Those would be my recommendations  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If you get a copy of Sheldon try and find an older copy, not the 1990 edition, the plates are horrible.
If you want an early date book but not Penny Whimsy then go for the Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents by Breen. Problem is it's out of print and the price is going up. I think you can not buy Sheldon for less than Breen. (Used to be the other way around. Sheldon as getting pretty pricy until Breen came out and they did the 1990 reprint of Sheldon. That drove down the cost of the earlier Sheldon issues with the better plates.)
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