1857 Large Cent Large Vs Small Dates

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Moe145 Pillar of the Community United States 8904 Posts	Posted 05/07/2009 1:54 pm Here are examples of both the large and the small date on the 1857 Large Cent for all to see the difference. (I included the reverses because we always want to see both sides!) Enjoy! *Edited by Staff to fix images. Click the above your post to see the proper way it's done.* Report this Post to the Staff

Texas Trader Valued Member United States 250 Posts	Posted 05/07/2009 2:12 pm Beautiful coins. I especially like that large date. Report this Post to the Staff
Magman Valued Member United States 118 Posts	Posted 05/07/2009 4:36 pm nice! thanks for posting that, I didn't know there were two kinds of dates for those. Then again, I know next to nothing about large cents. Report this Post to the Staff
Moe145 Pillar of the Community United States 8904 Posts	Posted 05/07/2009 7:31 pm I love the Large Cents! They made a bunch of them and collecting them really isn't that expensive. And they're very cool! The history of American coin minting really is much easier to understand when you examine the large cent. It helps one to understand the manual minting process, the poor grade copper used on the early coins (i.e. porosity), the date overstamps, etc. And there are not that many key coins! I love the Large Cents! (Did I already say that?) Report this Post to the Staff
Bilbo Pillar of the Community United States 812 Posts	Posted 05/07/2009 8:07 pm And 1857 is a significant year for coins: the last year of the large cents and Half Cents; and the last year foreign coins were legal tender in the USA. Only 333,546 large cents were made in 1857, making this one of the lowest mintage years for the series ... and you've got two of them ... doesn't seem right somehow (luckily we seem to share a similar taste in favorite quotes). Report this Post to the Staff
Moe145 Pillar of the Community United States 8904 Posts	Posted 05/08/2009 08:37 am Bilbo, I do feel bad... Report this Post to the Staff
manila galleon trade Pillar of the Community Spain 1361 Posts	Posted 05/08/2009 08:45 am very nice large cents! Report this Post to the Staff
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