1846 Large Cent Tall Date Newcomb Number 13 Or 25?

i agree with your obverse attribution. how did you rule out n-23 and n-26?

i havent seen anything on these pictures that has given it away yet. I'm not sure youll be able to tell. the reverses were all from the same hub so the only difference is some scattered file and tool marks. they are all pretty minor.

im going to continune to look at it for a bit but I dont have high hopes of identifying this one.

the problem you will run into with these is that the diagnostics are small. they wear off the coins by the time they get into the VF range. fine and below are frequently unattributable.

here are some line drawings from Bob Grellmans book.


the big pick ups are the lines from the ribbon to the U in united and the lines between the A snd M in america. the R in america fills in eventually. its known with a rotated reverse (this is diagnostic. very few late date cents have rotated reverses)


lines through the T in united, second T in states and the R in america. The illustrated rim Cud is a late die state and extremely rare. ususally found without the break.


two lines at the E in america. another above the N in united. as the die ages it cumbles. the dentils dentils under the stem crumble together. C and E in cent eventually join together at the top.


horizontal lines at the tops of EN in cent. there is a spike that runs trhough the wreath between the E in one and the M in america. the U in united eventually crumbles into the rim.

if it ends up being an N-25 thats a pretty great score. good luck!