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Rest in Peace
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I am getting absolutely hooked as well, have almost 100 different Barber coins. Those are my favorites. Tons of seated, too. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Large Cents are addicting. Be careful! Tell me about it.  EAC #1947 member since 1982 Collector of early dates Year set is complete Have 3 of the 4 chain cent S # varieties Have one Wreath cent variety Have all of the 1808 - 1814 S # varieties Have 184 of the 187 draped bust S # varieties plus 2 NC varieties Have all of the 1796 cap S # varieties Have all of the 1795 S # varieties except 79 (pattern) and 80 (Not mint issue) (I lack only three varieties of being complete from 1795 to 1814) Have 22 of the 59 S # varieties of 1794 Total 247 of the 295 S # varieties Publisher of the The Score (Early Date Census) Then there's the middle dates I have, and I haven't even touched the late dates. Oh yes, it's addicting. Edited by Conder101
03/03/2009 12:05 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Well I love the Large Cents also. My local dealer is a bit pricey on the ones he has. SO I buy mine from ebay or EAC members online. |
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PS going out tomorrow in 12 inches of snow to get some more. Now that is one place I *never* thought to look for coins.  I'll be diving into another series in the next month or so...maybe large cents? |
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Wow Conder101...you have quite the collection of large cents. I would love to see some pics of your really early coppers (1810 and earlier). Just seeing those makes my imagination run wild wondering what stories they might have to tell if they could talk....
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Pillar of the Community
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I like the large coins, too- better to see all the fine details. The lg cents make me nostalgic for when a penny really was worth carrying around.
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Pillar of the Community
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Large Cent lover for several years now...... Wishin' I had Condor's collection though WOW !......  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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The collection is extensive but very low grade (Average grade is G-4 but there are a good number of Pr-1, Fr-2, and AG-3 coins). My collection stresses completeness over quality. Most of the collection was built in the 80's through mid 90's when my pre-tax income was in the 5 - 8K per year range and today it is still under 20K. Quote:
Just seeing those makes my imagination run wild wondering what stories they might have to tell if they could talk.... One of my chain cents has a story, but it isn't a nice one. I own the infamous FedEx chain cent. This coin, especially the reverse, is rather nice looking. It's a bit dark but with VG-F details and decent surfaces. A previous owner sold the coin to another collector and shipped it to him by FedEx. But somewhere in handling the package got caught in the machinery with the conveyor belt continuing to drag on past it. Well the belt ground through the packaging, the flip and them started grinding off the obverse's upper right quarter from 12:00 to 3:00. It has been severely scraped there with a flange of metal now extending out past the edge. Well FedEx found it, got it loose and returned it to the sender. And "Sorry, FedEx does not insure coins". This was originally a $6,000 coin. I got it for $800. |
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Condor, that is an amazing story. And you are a lucky guy.
I own just one Large Cent, a 1835 I bought four weeks ago in G-4+
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Valued Member
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I forgot to add, it has a die rotation of about 1/8, does that make it anything special?
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Valued Member
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Davest,
I'm not sure where I read this, so it is also possible I could be remembering it wrong but here goes:
Before the early 1900's or possibly the late 1800's, the dies that the mint used "floated" in whatever holds them. I also remember the article saying that correctness of rotation to that small of a degree wasn't a part of the Mint's quality standards.
I hope that made at least some cents. (haha :D)
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Bedrock of the Community
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The dies didn't really "float" they were "locked in place with setscrews that went either into dimples in the body of the die or flats that were ground on the side of the die body. If these screws loosened from the vibration of the press the die could rotate in the holder.
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Posted 03/03/2009 12:04 pm
